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Best WV long weekend trip?
Sun Aug 24 07:22:41 PDT 2008
I was wondering, before the days grow shorter and cooler, what would be the best weekend trip in this part of the world.
Here's what i came up with. The following takes about four days. For a two day version, drop Greenbank, Greenbrier, and Skyline drive.
- Start at Morgantown.
- Go to Spruce knob, the highest part of the state. If you want to see the wild WV, stand there and gaze.
- Then on to the Greenbank radio telescope. Acres of radio technology magic, Listening to the skies
- After that, the next stop is The Greenbrier. For centuries, rich politicians fled the summer heat of Washington for an elaborate mountain retreat. And i do mean elaborate. $4000/night. But visitors can wonder the grounds and walk thru stores and museums dating back to the 1780s
- Then go to Skyline drive: way up in the hills, tacked on to the mountain tops, great great views.
- Have a look at Harper's Ferry. Its wonderful: a stone village on the banks of two mighty fine rives. Lots of cool bed and breakfast places.
- On to, Gettyburg's the place where the tide turned in the american civil war. 3 days, mega-causalities. I wasn't that interested in going there but once i got there- a very humbling and magnificent place.
- Back to Morgantown.
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