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January 19, 2020

Cooper Rock State Forest, West Virginia

Cooper Rock State Forest is a great little place that has lots of hikes, camping, white water rafting, rock climbing, Henry Clay Furnace, extraordinary views, rocks that have incredible colors, and just an overall nice place to spend a day or a few day camping. In the winter, they have cross country ski trails. Located just outside of Morgantown, WV. […]

West Virginia 3 min read
January 19, 2020

Valley Falls State Park In West Virginia

Valley Falls State Park is located about near Fairmont, West Virginia. This park is a hikers dream! It has several hikes available on every level of the the valley and for every skill level. As you enter the park, you go down into the valley. The road is steep with the tree coverage ensuring that you will not see the […]

West Virginia 4 min read
January 18, 2020

A Free Walkabout of Downtown Cleveland, Ohio!

Downtown Cleveland area is a wealth of education, history, and adventures waiting to happen! There is so much to see and do! If you only have a half day and want to spend almost nothing, then downtown Cleveland is a wonderful place to be. Just the sight can keep you busy with little or no cost just walking around and […]

Ohio 12 min read
January 18, 2020

Flight 93 National Memorial 18 years later

Overview The Flight 93 National Memorial is a somber place only broken by a child running by or laughing because they don’t understand. The smiles of those that you pass are forced or with a tear in the eye but with a pride of both tragic realization and triumph over certain defeat. As the memorial sits on a hilltop in […]

Pennsylvania 9 min read
July 22, 2019

Happy New Year’s Mars in Mars, PA with NASA

Happy New Year’s Mars! Every 687 days Mars goes around the Sun. Mars, Pennsylvania, celebrates this with a dinner and a breakfast close to the date and then a weekend New Year’s party in early summer, i.e. late May or early June. Check out the Mars New Years Festival Schedule for cool items even if you miss the party. They […]

Pennsylvania 1 min read
July 1, 2019

A Day in Brownsville, PA including the haunted Nemacolin Castle

Overview A day in Brownsville, PA is just a pleasant and enjoyable way to spend a day. So many different things to do and see including four different museums, the first cast iron bridge build in the United States, and birth place of Philander C. Knox (U.S. Attorney General, Senator, and Secretary of State) and astronomer John Brashear. Nemacolin Castle […]

Pennsylvania 8 min read
June 24, 2019

Searight Tollhouse

Located about an hour outside Pittsburgh, PA and right up the round from Uniontown, PA; is one of six toll houses in Pennsylvanian from the 1830’s. Today only two are left of the six. The toll road started taking tolls in 1806 and stop in 1905. The toll house was built in 1835 and is a small house with a […]

Pennsylvania 1 min read