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[BAMAWV]

Glade Springs Resort Website. This place is a lot nicer today than it was 25 years ago. I could not find the housing type that I stayed in. I rented from a private owner at the time. That would be a nice vacation spot. It looks pretty pricey now.


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Looks like I would love it. There wouldn't happen to be a Macy's nearby for Mrs. 2, would there? That and the pool and she'll be good to go, lol!

Beckley had a small mall but I doubt they have a Macy's. They have drive-thru beer stores. HTH

Again, sounds like my kind of place. The ad mentioned Charleston was only an hour away, so I could take her there.

I've been running links to the Greenbrier Hotel. Everything you AND her want in a getaway location but expensive. Championship golf, fishing (spring and fall), hiking, horses, off-roading, shooting, world class spa, shopping, world renowned chefs, and casinos/live entertainment. Serious money.

Skiing-- Snowshoe Mountain Resort (a few miles from FT. BAMAWV) is the best of the mid-Atlantic and maybe east of the Rockies. This is where all your GA., FL, AL, buddies are skiing these days. If you come here next winter (mountain biking in summer) BAMAWV promises to ski down ahead of you (backwards) making light fun of you on the way.

Trains- CassScenicRailroadStatePark--- 1/2 day or full day trip to 2nd highest location in WV.  Shay Engines over 100 years old-- kinda sorta like the old guys on the Daily Thread but way more fun (and safe) to ride.

Hatfield and McCoy 4wheeler trails-- SC and I brought this up in a thread not long ago.

Bridge Day    http://www.officialbridgeday.com/

World Class rafting -- Fayette, WV

World Class Trout-- mountain counties.

Wow, call me impressed! And they said Navarre Beach was the country's best kept secret.

BAMAWV promises to ski down ahead of you (backwards) making light fun of you on the way.

You would make HEAVY fun of me. I've never been snow skiing in my life. In fact, as athletic as I've been most of my life, I always had difficulty water skiing.

LOL--never really met anyone that had trouble catching on to getting drug (yeah, I know) behind a boat.

I learned to ski on Lake Tuscaloosa but we never considered skiing to be skiing until you rode on 1 ski.

[ricky023]

I've jumped from a lot of the big bridges in WV but 876' is a little high!

This one is maybe my highest jump!

Hey WV I use to jump from 1200 to 3500 FT. when I was in a Airborne Ranger. It was great. Made the whole world look smaller. lol, RTR!

[2Stater]

LOL--never really met anyone that had trouble catching on to getting drug (yeah, I know) behind a boat.

I learned to ski on Lake Tuscaloosa but we never considered skiing to be skiing until you rode on 1 ski.

Actually, the skiing wasn't the hard part, it was getting my fat arse up out of the water, lol!

[pmull]

The state of WV is a beautiful place. I lived in Beckley for 6 months in the Mid 80's. In the 90's I was involved with a huge federal penitentiary in Beckley. In the early 2000's I helped built another federal pen in Glenville, WV.

It is a great place for outdoors activities. I have never been there in the winter but I bet that is fun as long as you don't have to do a lot of driving. When I lived there I was single and in my 20's. The people were great. I was getting invited to eat dinner at people's house all the time. I went home every other weekend but when I stayed I had a lot of fun. There was a park (state park I think) about 15-20 minutes outside of Beckley. It was a nice park with hiking trails, picnic areas and play grounds for kids, etc. There was a big bridge and a big train trestle that crossed from one mountain top to the other. I don't know how high these bridges were but I had never seen anything like it. The train trestle had a catwalk under the tracks. I guess it was for maintenance. We hopped a locked gate and walked out on that catwalk. It was fun and scary at the same time. Even though it had handrails I was scared to death.

I got invited to go boating/water skiing a couple of times. I don't know the name of the lake but in was down in between a group of large mountains. It reminded me of Lake Guntersville in the Scottsboro area with the mountains all around except these were real mountains. It was one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen.

[pmull]

These West Virgingia advertisements are courtesy of CRS, Big Fish, BAMAWV and the WV Tourism Board.

[pmull]

D J Fluker blocking D J Pettway in the A-Day Game. BTW, Pettway is listed as 6'-2" and 285lbs. Fluker is a full grown man.

[BAMAWV]

The state of WV is a beautiful place. I lived in Beckley for 6 months in the Mid 80's. In the 90's I was involved with a huge federal penitentiary in Beckley. In the early 2000's I helped built another federal pen in Glenville, WV.

It is a great place for outdoors activities. I have never been there in the winter but I bet that is fun as long as you don't have to do a lot of driving. When I lived there I was single and in my 20's. The people were great. I was getting invited to eat dinner at people's house all the time. I went home every other weekend but when I stayed I had a lot of fun. There was a park (state park I think) about 15-20 minutes outside of Beckley. It was a nice park with hiking trails, picnic areas and play grounds for kids, etc. There was a big bridge and a big train trestle that crossed from one mountain top to the other. I don't know how high these bridges were but I had never seen anything like it. The train trestle had a catwalk under the tracks. I guess it was for maintenance. We hopped a locked gate and walked out on that catwalk. It was fun and scary at the same time. Even though it had handrails I was scared to death.

I got invited to go boating/water skiing a couple of times. I don't know the name of the lake but in was down in between a group of large mountains. It reminded me of Lake Guntersville in the Scottsboro area with the mountains all around except these were real mountains. It was one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen.

This is kinda close to Beckley, but not 15-20 minutes.  Click here for link

Summersville Lake is close to Beckley, Also Bluestone Dam.

[pmull]

The state of WV is a beautiful place. I lived in Beckley for 6 months in the Mid 80's. In the 90's I was involved with a huge federal penitentiary in Beckley. In the early 2000's I helped built another federal pen in Glenville, WV.

It is a great place for outdoors activities. I have never been there in the winter but I bet that is fun as long as you don't have to do a lot of driving. When I lived there I was single and in my 20's. The people were great. I was getting invited to eat dinner at people's house all the time. I went home every other weekend but when I stayed I had a lot of fun. There was a park (state park I think) about 15-20 minutes outside of Beckley. It was a nice park with hiking trails, picnic areas and play grounds for kids, etc. There was a big bridge and a big train trestle that crossed from one mountain top to the other. I don't know how high these bridges were but I had never seen anything like it. The train trestle had a catwalk under the tracks. I guess it was for maintenance. We hopped a locked gate and walked out on that catwalk. It was fun and scary at the same time. Even though it had handrails I was scared to death.

I got invited to go boating/water skiing a couple of times. I don't know the name of the lake but in was down in between a group of large mountains. It reminded me of Lake Guntersville in the Scottsboro area with the mountains all around except these were real mountains. It was one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen.

This is kinda close to Beckley, but not 15-20 minutes.  Click here for link

Summersville Lake is close to Beckley, Also Bluestone Dam.

It has been too long ago. I just googled WV parks and I think it may be Grandview State Park.

[BAMAWV]

The state of WV is a beautiful place. I lived in Beckley for 6 months in the Mid 80's. In the 90's I was involved with a huge federal penitentiary in Beckley. In the early 2000's I helped built another federal pen in Glenville, WV.

It is a great place for outdoors activities. I have never been there in the winter but I bet that is fun as long as you don't have to do a lot of driving. When I lived there I was single and in my 20's. The people were great. I was getting invited to eat dinner at people's house all the time. I went home every other weekend but when I stayed I had a lot of fun. There was a park (state park I think) about 15-20 minutes outside of Beckley. It was a nice park with hiking trails, picnic areas and play grounds for kids, etc. There was a big bridge and a big train trestle that crossed from one mountain top to the other. I don't know how high these bridges were but I had never seen anything like it. The train trestle had a catwalk under the tracks. I guess it was for maintenance. We hopped a locked gate and walked out on that catwalk. It was fun and scary at the same time. Even though it had handrails I was scared to death.

I got invited to go boating/water skiing a couple of times. I don't know the name of the lake but in was down in between a group of large mountains. It reminded me of Lake Guntersville in the Scottsboro area with the mountains all around except these were real mountains. It was one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen.

This is kinda close to Beckley, but not 15-20 minutes.  http://www.pipestemresort.com/

Summersville Lake is close to Beckley, Also Bluestone Dam.

It has been too long ago. I just googled WV parks and I think it may be Grandview State Park.

Grandview has a great amphitheater and a long-running production called Honey in the Rock. It has to do with brothers at war against brothers in the Civil War.  

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[pmull]

Big Fish Warning:

Ferocious 'testicle-eating fish' caught in Illinois lake



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[ricky023]

Gosh, that is cool. I never seen seen that in a fish before up close. RTR!

[2Stater]

Big Fish Warning:

Ferocious 'testicle-eating fish' caught in Illinois lake



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Apparently, the Auburn football team has been swimming in that lake.

[BAMAWV]

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aq1CuhcDj8Y" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aq1CuhcDj8Y</a>

When they say, "I've stirred my last batch of gravy", it makes me sad.

[BAMAWV]

I hope this thread turns out to be better than the movie of the same title.

 

I'm not artsy enough to get into most of Tim Burton's movies, I think.  They're mostly chock full of visual stimuli with no real plot substance.  I needs myself a plot if I'm going to enjoy a movie.

They drank a lot of bourbon in Cookies' Fortune, a 1999 film set in Holly Springs.

[BAMAWV]

Grilling chicken for the All Star game tonight on a new grill! Those of you that do not realize there is a difference between grilling and barbecuing need not reply, though I imagine this forum to be cookout savvy.

Some of you may recall me sqauwking about spending big bucks on a big stainless gas grill with side burners, storage, etc. It lasted maybe 2 years because the under-carriage rusted off. I considered rebuilding a base out of lumber to recycle it but in the end I just wanted it out of my sight, along with the $40 canvas cover I used faithfully to keep a STAINLESS grill from rusting. My choice for a replacement dated back to the late 70's. My Mother sent me this grill as a B'Day gift one year. This R2D2 vacuum cleaner looking charcoal grill/smoker is my all-time lifelong favorite. If I have to cook for a large crowd I'll have to buy a couple more, but these will get the job done. Kingsford and limbs from my trees (apple, oak, maple) supply the smoke.

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With a little practice you can grill, smoke, or bbq anything to world cook-off standards!

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