Hi I'm heading to Spruce Knob this weekend for some backpacking. I have a few questions.

1. Weather. Looks like it's gonna be hot. I plan to bring my 45 degree quilt instead of the 20 degree quilt. I know weather is unpredictable etc but is there major concern that a 45 degree quilt won't be enough?

2. Shoes. It's either a trail runner (Lone Peak) or the Lone Peak GoreTex boots (basically an ankle version of the trail runner). I plan on coming out through the Seneca Creek trail. I know there is river crossing and the trail could be very muddy since rain is forecasted for this week. Would you recommend just go with the trail runner or the waterproof boots?

3. My understanding is that there is no water up the on the ridge. So I'll need to carry water for the first 6-7 miles if I start the trailhead around the tower. Is there water at the tower?

4. I plan to start at the Seneca lake trail head, hike up, and camp on the ridge for the first night, then Judy Springs night 2. It seems to me that there are some trail just out of the NF leading up (instead of the forrest road). Let me know if this sounds like a good idea. I prefer to do loops instead of the lollipop/out and back hike and this seems quite doable. The only thing is that I'll need to stash/carry water up the ridge.

Let me know if there is anything else I should know.

Alright so, I bought a 2015 from a dealership in Martinsburg flat out, getting some cash from my 2010 Santa Fe. On the car title, it has my name and then "or" and my mother's name as my mother. This is because, as per the dealership, she is the primary auto insurance holder and you need to have insurance to drive it off the lot.

I will be getting on my husband's insurance in a couple of months, and am hoping to get my mother's name off the title somehow.

How can I go about this? I have tried to Google but nothing similar to my situation seems to pop up, and it's honestly a little confusing as a 23 year old 😅.

A little more background information, I am moving to Martinsburg from my hometown where my mother lives which is 2 hours away. So currently my car title has my old address but I need to switch it to the new one.

Hello all I never visited WV and would love to visit this beautiful place. I am not sure where to start. We have kids 7 & 4 years and would love to know:

1. Best place to book an Airbnb.

2 Various activities to do with the kids. 3. Places to visit.

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

PS: Babcock state park is the only 1 I know of.

Planning a trip to New River Gorge and looking for suggestions on what we (2 adults, 2 older teenagers) should do. Probably will spend 1-2 nights in the area.

I was wondering if anyone has any experience or knowledge of Mt. Nebo from the 80s.

My uncle had a cottage there back in the day. Used to go down as pre-teens until roughly driving age. Was in the area last summer and got off US19 to nose around a little, but it looks nothing like what I remember. Back then, from what I recall, there was basically a general store (white building, gravel parking lot, grass slope behind it) with a white church across the street.

We park in the church parking lot and my uncle would come get us in his Jeep. Don't think it was a road that led back there, seemed more like a creek bed. He had a tiltmeter in his Jeep, as there were some tricky bits and he didn't want to roll it.

Along the way there was a house, classic run down greyish place straight out of the movies, a little above the road/creek. He'd stop there for eggs. And dogs would jump and snap at the windows and scare the crap out of us. Not sure how he didn't get eaten.

There were also some "shacks", beat up old dwellings of some sort, hounds on the porch, the whole stereotype. Probably banjos playing at times...

But my uncle seemed to get along with everyone. Not sure what the locals thought of of this funny little man. Estonian, kind of dapper in a 50s way (thin mustache at times, slacks and polo shirt, pipe and one squinty eye), with a strange and angry wife. And their daughter, who would have been in her early to late 20s during this time, classic white-blonde Scandanavian beauty. I remember one time a guy came to the door, Rufus (my uncle knew him well) with a shotgun in one hand and a passle of squirrels in the other. Offering some for stew. Not sure if he took them or not, to be honest.

There was a rattlesnake in the wood pile. Bears in the woods (once, in the winter, walking along a trail, we found a steaming pile of poo which my uncle claimed was bear). There was a river nearby, as we'd walk there to fish in the summer, saw ice floes in the winter.

I don't think US19 was there then. It was pretty rural driving from his place in Charleston (where he was a chemical engineer at Union Carbide - which I am sure is a WHOLE other story) to Mt. Nebo. I have looked at maps and satellite of the area, but I cannot figure out where anything is or was. I think the "river" was some part of Hominy Creek, coming south from Summersville Lake and then running east, where it seems to be called Deer Creek.

There are some churches on Groves Ford Road, to the east of Mt. Nebo. Could have headed back from either of them, I suppose, into the bush.

Just love to hear from anyone who might be able to shed some light on what I remember, or misremember.

Any ideas appreciated. Hikes, scenic drives, restaurants, bars, etc.

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I am writing a book that happens to take place in and on the outskirts of Gauley Bridge! I want to be as accurate as possible, and because I am not from there, I’d like to ask any current and former residents some questions just to get to know the town better. I am doing a lot of research through reading, but I wanted to do this as well because nobody can describe a place better than the people who have lived or currently live there! Anyone who doesn’t mind me asking them a few questions can comment on this post and I will contact you through messages on here at some point!

(If my book ever actually sells, I’ll be donating the majority of the money to local businesses, charities, etc in West Virginia! The beauty of the state inspired me to write this, and I want to give back in any way I can!)

I am a Veteran and looking to start over after the military in WV. Any advice is much appreciated I am a 35 year old male.

And what changes in other parties would make you consider changing parties?

We live in pratt which is in-between those two locations and we wanted to figure it out. We have a 6 month old corgi puppy and wanted to take her swimming.

Thinking of going there in August. Any thoughts if it’s a good one?

One night my grandfather was relaxing when he heard a strange noise, immediately got his gun and stepped out to discover several tweakers taking his gutters off and stuffing them in a van.

He immediately shoots the van, and they immediately drive off. He gets in his truck and follows them all the way down the mountain, driving with one hand and shooting with the other, as they frantically threw his gutters out of the back of the van in an effort to get him to stop.

How is spruce knob this time of year? Would like to take my daughter for camping/stargazing the first weekend in June but that’ll be 5 or 6 days before the new moon. Would we still have good stargazing conditions then, assuming clear weather otherwise?

We are staying the Memorial weekend in Charleston and wondering what the must do / dining is like. What do you say? Anything in town or surrounding you can recommend? Or how about strongly avoid?

I want to go full Chef's Table, West Virginia edition. Other fresh, local, high quality ingredient suggestions are welcome too.

I moved to west Virginia from California a bit over 2 months ago. Finally just got my west Virginiain license plate. The low cost of living is what drew me here. Specifically to weirton. People have been nice an the scenery is stunning. It's so dam green, an the thunderstorms are fun. I work in Pennsylvania, which I think is the only way this would've of worked an it has . Any recommendations on places to eat ? Places to golf? Concerts etc ... Would be appreciated.

I've booked a trip for Wednesday the 29th. Myself and my two sons will be coming down. I had to meet the minimum, so extra adult. If you're wanting to take the run I have the reservation and if no one shows I'm gonna pay, which is fine. I'm just putting it out there.

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