West Virginia Day 3 and 4

May 25, 2014 

Gauley Bridge Waterfall

Off to an early start yet again. The adventure that awaited us was water rafting with the River Expeditions Company. We rafted the Upper New River, which is class I-III rapids. Our guide, Kim, was great. I was kind of surprised on how little paddling was actually involved – only between 2 to 5 strokes at once and only a handful of times. Breakfast provided before the trip, lunch provided riverside, and drinks provided when we returned.

We searched long and hard for an ice cream place (other than Dairy Queen) near the rafting location and luckily were able to find a place that recently opened called “The Stache”.  There were many hard serve flavors to choose from. The place also had all sorts of candy and toys.

After dinner at camp, we ventured out to find a waterfall that we passed on the way into WV. We found the huge gorgeous waterfall on the side of the road in Gauley Bridge. We had a ton of fun traversing the rocks to get the best views of the falls.

A view from Hawks Nest State Park

Heading back to camp for the night, we stopped to check out the overlooks at Hawks Nest State Park. It was a short walk with rewarding views.

WV Capitol - Charleston

May 26, 2014 

Since there was a long drive ahead of us we packed up and left camp around 8am. Traffic was not too bad at all. We stopped by the capitol in Charleston – luckily it was an easy on and off of the freeway. I had hoped to stop by the capitol in Columbus also, but traffic always seems to be heavy in the area so we skipped it.