Oct 18, 2010 | West Virginia
via youtube.com Hundreds of parachutists jumped off the New River Gorge Bridge at the 31st annual Bridge Day festival in West Virginia. The event is the only time that people can legally walk on the bridge and BASE jumping and rappelling is allowed. (Oct....
Oct 18, 2010 | West Virginia
via hurherald.com Last week the wall came to the 56th WV Black Walnut Festival, one of a a few selected sites in the USA. The museum typically visits between 24 and 30 sites each year. The Vietnam Memorial elicits deep emotions from most visitors, who are faced with...
Oct 18, 2010 | West Virginia
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEZDA5W44rw[/youtube] via newsandsentinel.com
Oct 18, 2010 | West Virginia
via wvgazette.com Charleston’s best-known restaurateur turned 88 a week ago. He wanted to do something special for his birthday. He decided on a colossal collage of photos depicting his family, loyal customers, politicians, civic leaders, celebrities – all...
Oct 18, 2010 | West Virginia
via wvgazette.com Sparks headlined the West Virginia Book Festival, and people traveled from all over the state to see him. His appearance at the Charleston Civic Center prompted such a big turnout that fans stood in line for hours.
Oct 17, 2010 | West Virginia
Photo from front page of today’s Charleston Gazette – great shot! I was at the FIRST bridge day – long long ago 🙂 but have never taken the plunge!
Oct 15, 2010 | West Virginia
Laidley Tower on a beautiful fall day.
Oct 13, 2010 | West Virginia
via statejournal.com Not something that happens everyday in West Virginia – certainly a surprise for the fishermen who came across this guy!
Oct 12, 2010 | Uncategorized
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