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Post by bigbruno on Mar 18, 2010 21:35:56 GMT -5
Greetings, the original Walton house did burn down. They rebuilt it and used it for another TV show. It is not a real house...the front looks real but you can tell from the side it is not a real house. The color of the house was also changed.
See you at the reunion, Big Bruno
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Post by bullgator on Mar 20, 2010 18:32:50 GMT -5
This is in answer to ssMarilyn's question about the mountains. Those shown in the intro as well as in other shots are not the Blue Ridge; they are of mountains somewhere in Southern California. Earl Hamner's hometown of Schuyler, although not far from the Blue Ridge Mountains, is actually on the Piedmont, the rolling foothills between the Atlantic Coastal Plain and the mountains. Another geographic anamoly are the shots of the ocean - Virginia's coastline is not rocky or hilly like southern California's.
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Post by Marilyn on Mar 20, 2010 19:36:15 GMT -5
Well nuts.. I thought I was looking at the real McCoy.
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Post by bmcgill on Mar 20, 2010 21:32:22 GMT -5
Warner Brothers really does a good job at making things look real, don't they? Sure there are a few bloopers here and there but that is alright. I like to pick out bloopers. Being an old car freak, I noticed on the movie specials that I just bought last week that John's Woody Station Wagon went from a Plymouth to a Ford.
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Post by ncwaltonsfan on Mar 21, 2010 5:24:06 GMT -5
This is in answer to ssMarilyn's question about the mountains. Those shown in the intro as well as in other shots are not the Blue Ridge; they are of mountains somewhere in Southern California. Earl Hamner's hometown of Schuyler, although not far from the Blue Ridge Mountains, is actually on the Piedmont, the rolling foothills between the Atlantic Coastal Plain and the mountains. Another geographic anamoly are the shots of the ocean - Virginia's coastline is not rocky or hilly like southern California's. Thanks,bullgator. North Carolina's topography is similar to Virginia's. I live in the Piedmont also. The mountains are about 90 minutes away. It's about 2 hours to the coastal plain,which is just about anyplace east of Raleigh, though the ocean itself is about a 4-hour drive from where I live. The Piedmont plateau runs from Georgia to Pennsylvania. The beaches of North Carolina and South Carolina are smooth and sandy like Virginia's.
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Post by bullgator on Mar 21, 2010 17:33:52 GMT -5
Congratulations, ncwaltonsfan, for you are one of the blessed to be able to live on the Piedmont. I keep telling the critters who live here in the swamp with me that God's country is the Piedmont, especially that portion that is in North Georgia, nestled against the Southern Appalachians. How I miss my native home. Even my wife who grew up south of the gnat line in Middle Georgia agrees with me. [You folks who don't know about gnats need to visit Albany, GA (that's pronounced Aw-benny) in August.] Fortunately, two of my sons live on the Piedmont: one in Georgia (bless him) and the other (bless him, too) in Charlottesville, VA. Too, bad the third one lives on Rocky Top - life is much better in the Swamp than there.
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Post by Tonyray on Mar 23, 2010 13:41:29 GMT -5
I was wondering about Ike's store where was it and is it still there?
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Post by ncwaltonsfan on Mar 27, 2010 0:41:02 GMT -5
Bullgator,my sister lives in Charlottesville. The drive between Lynchburg and Charlottesville on US 29 is simply breathtaking. I get on 29 at Greensboro,NC,and stay on it all the way to Charlottesville.
I am a native and lifelong resident of the North Carolina Piedmont. My ancestors settled here before the Revolution. I am a proud son of the red clay.
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Post by Marilyn on Mar 27, 2010 14:48:10 GMT -5
I'm in the process of planning our trip out east this coming fall and that drive you mention, The drive between Lynchburg and Charlottesville on US 29 is simply breathtaking.. is it all mountains?
I like to look for bloopers too, but I only notice them after I've watched the series several times!
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Post by bmcgill on Mar 27, 2010 15:16:19 GMT -5
Hey Marilyn. I don't think there is a level piece of ground in Virginia. Anyway, it has been a while so I can't remember for sure but I think US 29 is a good road and a scenic road but it was not just strait up and down mountains. Last year the reunion was in Charlottsville so we didn't have to take US 29. I'm sure someone else on here can tell you better than me. My memory is shot.
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Post by ncwaltonsfan on Mar 27, 2010 15:36:17 GMT -5
I'm in the process of planning our trip out east this coming fall and that drive you mention, The drive between Lynchburg and Charlottesville on US 29 is simply breathtaking.. is it all mountains? Yes,mountain views all the way between Lynchburg and Charlottesville. In the fall,it's even more beautiful.
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Post by Marilyn on Mar 28, 2010 0:18:16 GMT -5
It sounds like a lovely drive and I'm going to keep it in mind. I'm keeping notes in a folder of the places that we might go on the way up to New England. I want to make this trip one to remember.
McGill, did you go to the reunion last year?
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Post by bmcgill on Mar 28, 2010 9:20:39 GMT -5
Hey Marilyn. Yes we did go to the reunion last year. It was in the first part of November and a lot of the trees had already lost their leaves. So Carolyn decided this year to have it in October again because the leaves are still much prettier around the last week of October.
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Post by Marilyn on Mar 28, 2010 19:58:45 GMT -5
I don't know why I was thinking you were kind of new here.. maybe because you're pretty low-key. Is your wife into the Waltons too, and how often do you watch them?
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Post by bullgator on Mar 28, 2010 20:08:23 GMT -5
ssMarilyn. US 29 from Lynchburg to Charlottesville is 4-lane all the way, and it isn't mountainous but it does traverse gently rolling hills and you do have a view of the mountains to the west. There are a number of bed and breakfast's along the way. In a previous post Dagmar recommended "The Orchard" in Livingston which is not for from Schuyler.
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