West Virginia – Oh, the Places We See . . .

Strolling Harpers Ferry: Road Trip 2020

It was always on our itinerary for Road Trip 2020 — Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, that is. But when the owner of Frederick House in Staunton, VA called it a must-see, we quickly plotted a scenic route (Hwy. 11 to Winchester, VA, then VA 7 and US 15) to Harpers Ferry, a town that sits […]

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Fall color inside and out: Tamarack and The Greenbrier

Any fall trip through West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee can be considered spectacular if you hit the color change just right. And catch the color we did during our Fall 2015 Leaf Peeper Tour. Beginning with natural beauty at Pipestem State Park in West Virginia and continuing to Humpback Covered Bridge in Covington, Virginia, […]

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West Virginia gold: Fall at New River Gorge Bridge

Lovely fall foliage enhances the beauty of New River. The second leg of our Fall 2015 search for gold meant leaving the beauty of West Virginia’s Pipestem Resort State Park for one of the state’s proudest prouds: New River Gorge Bridge. But getting there was a treat in itself. Fall foliage at New River Gorge […]

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Looking for gold in all the right places: Pipestem State Park, WV

It was a “seize the moment” trip, planned on the fly, with but one major goal: find fall leaves during the third week of October 2015. We had few days and even fewer dollars, but we were on a mission: How could we sightsee close to home in Tennessee and, hopefully, find the gold in […]