Been through Wheeling a few times but most of my visits to WV were to Philippi, Greenbrier and Droop Mountain for reenacting, Thurmond to white water raft the New River. Did some camping in a few National Forests there.Just for giggles I googled "Bermuda vacations" last night. I found that many of the resorts and hotels offered a fourth night free when you book three. Great!
Then I saw that the hotels and resorts offering this deal cost up to and beyond $400.00 a night. So much for a Bermuda get-away.
I have used up some vacation days so far this year, but I haven't 'vacationed'. I spent them on going to have eye surgery or taking Mom to the doctor.
I used to travel a lot for work. I was an Environmental Engineer and the firms that employed me had Department of Defense clients. I visited Germany and Italy one year looking for hazardous materials on Army bases there. I visited American military installations too. NAS Roosevelt Roads in Cieba, Puerto Rico was a big one as I was there for 18 months. The NUWC (Naval undersea warfare center) in Newport. Rhode Island and the Navy submarine base in New London, Connecticut. There I discovered the charms of New England.
The Philadelphia Naval shipyard where I learned how to properly order a cheesesteak. The Navy base at Quincy, Massachusetts where I learned one should avoid wearing orange on St. Patrick's Day. The Navy installation on New York's Staten Island where I fell in love with the Big Apple.
And a few civilian places like the former US Steel plant in Baytown, Texas where I was schooled in the art of Texas barbeque and how to survive a Gulf of Mexico hurricane (Hurricane Jerry hit me in October of 1989).
I'm now familiar with every east coast city from Boston to Washington, D.C. I know where the best night life is, what foods are unique to each of those towns and what parts of town to avoid.
I have cast my shadow on the Roman Coliseum, spit from the top of the Eiffel Tower (Paris from that vantage point looks like a great big Akron), I have cavorted with locals in St. Wenceslas Square in Prague and drank rum while watching a Christmas parade in San Juan.
If I take a vacation in the future, I think I might go down south. To Wheeling, West Virginia perhaps.
Droop Mountain was awesome especially in the morning. The camping area was on top of the mountain, in the morning one would look out and see all the tops of the surrounding mountains rising above a sea of clouds.