Lost World Caverns

I always wanted to go spelunking and Lost World Caverns was the perfect place. The caves are under a green pasture, you’d never thing what lies beneath the earth. I went in the cave through a long concrete tunnel, felt like descending into a mine. In the group were 5 software engineers form India, an…

Lewisburg and White Sulphur Springs

Lewisburg is a charming, too quiet town in the woods of West Virginia. It has a Main Street with a couple of coffee shops, restaurants, the ubiquitous antique shops (what is with small towns and antique stores, I see them everywhere in small town America). I arrived pretty late, around 9pm, and of course there…

West Virginia Route 55

A scenic route that crosses Monongahela Forest and small scattered poor towns. I ended up driving three times on this route, an extremely curvy road going up and down mountains. It has many hairpin curves, making driving exciting and a bit crazy at night. Somehow I ended up with no gas, close to midnight, in the…

Thomas and Blackwater Falls

There was nothing else in the Blackwater Falls Park besides the 10 minute path that lead to the crowded balcony which overlooked the falls and a parking lot with a souvenir store and a bathroom. I decided to check out Elakala Falls, down the road from Blackwater Falls park, a few feet walk in the forest…

Scenic Route 150

One of the most scenic drives in West Virginia is Route 150, a 23 mile drive through Monongahela State Forest. Although short, it is worth going, the scenery is beautiful, it has a similar feeling to the Skyline in Virginia.

West Virginia

West Virginia is the northernmost of the southern states. The state is entirely situated in the Appalachian Mountains, which are supposed to have been the highest peaks on earth some 400 million years ago, higher than the Himalayas today. Mountain ridges for hiking and camping, rivers for kayaking, bathing and white water rafting, caves, forests…