West Virgina 2016

June 2, 2016

Jackson Mill location

On the road again, heading to Weston, WV.   I wanted to see a couple of things in this town, however most were closed, who know why, as the store hours showed they should be open.  

Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Aslyum

Our first stop was the Appalachian Glass Company, they are a well known glass blowing company in WV.  We were too early to see them blowing so just looked at some of their products.

Next stop was the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum.  It used to be a psychiatric hospital.   Was supposed to house 250 but had 2,400, obviously very offer crowed.  This is the hospitals main building is one of the largest hand-cut stone building in the USA and 2nd in the world.  It didn't open until later this afternoon, so we just took pictures.

We then headed to the Museum of American Glass.   This part of the country is famous for all types of glass that has been created, but this museum displays glass from every state.  They had some very unusual pieces, of which some were for sale.  

Glass Museum

We stopped by the Mountaineer Military Museum, again it was closed but the building used to house the Weston Colored School. 

Colored School

Our last stop for now, is the Farmstead at WVU Jackson's Mill, once again it's closed but this gentleman was nice enough to give us a map, so we did a walking tour.   All we could see was the outside, as buildings were locked.   This is the boyhood Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson.  It was owned by his uncle, he lived here until he went to West Point. 

We decided that we'd skip Morgantown, home of WV University and head to our next stop, Roaring Run RV in Champion, PA.  We'll arrived at 3, got settled in and will spend the next 5 days.  The weather is raining and very humid.   Temps are in the mid 80's.

June 1, 2016

Warning light is still on, will just have to accept that, drives me crazy though!

Arrived in Charleston around 11, staying at the elks lodge.   Had lunch, then drove to the capital.  Did a self guided tour, as they were busy giving tours to young children.   Must say, after seeing Frankfort Capital, this was nothing spectacular but it did have some interesting features, one being the chandeliers.  They were so striking. 

Across the lawn is their History Museum, very impressive.  It takes you through West Virgina's history and important individuals.   They were also having a quilt show, so many talent people.

We then drove to the Capital Market, it's an outdoor market, mostly plants, but they did have some vegs.   There's also an indoor section, similar to Pikes Market in Seattle, but on a much lessor scale.  The plants were amazing, huge and beautiful and only $15.  Which I could have brought several back but could not get them into Canada.

Drove down by the river, not much to see plus it's very hot, so we drove home.