West Virginia Travelog #17
Fayette, WV - Tue, 19 Sep 2023. 11amWe've already driven over it 4 times this trip. It's easy not to give it a second thought. After all, one's interaction with it is over in about 43 seconds. But it's an engineering marvel that reduced a slow, 45 minute drive down a mountain, across a river, and up the other side, to ( Read more... )

West Virginia Travelog #5
New River Gorge National Park - Sat, 16 Sep 2023. 5:30pm

While hiking at Sandstone Falls earlier today we temporarily forgot that we'd flown a red-eye from California- and then drove several hours hours. When I walk in beauty I forget how tired I am. The adventuring day wasn't done when we finished visiting the falls, ( Read more... )

West Virginia Travelog #4
New River Gorge National Park - Sat, 16 Sep 2023. 3:30pm

As I remarked in my previous blog about Sandstone Falls, we had fun getting off the boardwalk trail to scramble over rocks and between trees to see things from a different perspective. All but one of my best pictures from this hike came from things I experienced off ( Read more... )

West Virginia Travelog #3
New River Gorge National Park - Sat, 16 Sep 2023. 3:30pm

Well, we did it. We got to the the US's newest national park only... *checks watch*... 33 months after it was designated. One of our bucket lists is to visit every one of the (now) 63 national parks. As of today at New River Gorge National Park in West Virginia we ( Read more... )