West Virginia Camping

Boondocking has a different feel to it.  We boondocked without any electric, water, sewer, wifi, cable, satellite, or cell phone service in Blue Bend Recreation Area.  While it doesn’t have all those services, it does have a stream and lots of trees surrounding you.  As soon as you step out of the RV, you feel peace and calm. 

Which is good, because the trip in was one of the scariest drives we’ve taken.  The road was a single lane with some gravel shoulders.  It was very, very twisty so that which each bend you don’t know if you’re going to be hit by an on-coming car. There were several times John had to drive the RV (and car) on the shoulder as some car headed our way.  I never screamed, but I closed my eyes for a big portion.  I mentioned to the camp host that we drove in from the south to which she replied “Oh Lordy! We never drive that way in an RV!”

 

I thought these rocks look like a face carved into the hillside.  VERY roughly.

Coming out to the north was better.  We saw a turkey cross the road.  At one point we saw a big black creature on the shoulder.  We thought “bear!”, but it turned out to be a steer that escaped its fence.

Our last stop was Blackwater Falls in West Virginia.  While it rained most of the time, it cleared enough for us to see the falls…and the falls was BIG due to the rains.  We thought the water was dirty, but it turns out that it is called Blackwater since it’s always a dark amber color from tannins from leaves and moss.