West Virginia

This one is going to be a little long. It's a small collection of pictures from my trip to WV. August 30th- September 1st, 2008 my dad, Tess, grandpa and I went to West Virginia. I've always wanted to see where my grandpa grew up. It is definitely out in the boonies. I wish I got a picture of these people fixing their homemade bridge. Most of the houses have them which didn't look sturdy but eh I found it interesting.

I took a couple of pictures before we got ready to leave.

I believe this was in Washington Courthouse, OH. I never saw a McCafe and now Troy has one.

In WV now.

We took a longer way through a bunch of small towns. This might be Spencer, WV...not sure.

In Rosedale, WV. My grandpa's hometown which was probably the last time he'll get to go back. He said the building was used to store the bus. I was hoping to get a picture of the house he grew up in but it burnt down years ago and all is left is some concrete stairs leading up a hill to where the house use to be.

The town's gas station/store.

Heading towards the cabins which were on top of a mountain.

Front of the cabin and Tess. It only cost around $60 a night (based per family).

I used the stitch feature on my camera to take a pic of all three cabins.

There was this huge spider web that just freaked me out.

Grandpa and Tess at the table after dinner. Oh yeah we'd sleep early every night probably because of all the driving around and that there was no tv. The owners said pastures usually come out there to think. I was lucky to get one bar on verizon at times... we found out the morning we were leaving that my sister was in labor.

There was a book where people left comments and someone sketched this. There were people from Ohio, Kentucky and I believe I saw some as far as Oklahoma.

August 31th, 2008.
This was the view from the larger cabin. The view from the smaller cabins were mostly woods.

Driving around Rosedale.

Everyone out there owned a 4-wheeler. I don't blame them it's mostly mountains...it was hard for the car at times to get up to the cabin and the cemeteries.

One of the churches. I believe they said my great grandma (on my grandma's side) got married there to one of the three husbands.

View from the cemetery where my great grandparents are buried. I don't know why the cemeteries have to be on top of the mountains. The other one we went to wasn't as steep.

There was a bench at the Rosedale Community Cemetery that was dedicated to my grandpa's cousin.

This was the barn where my grandpa worked at when he was younger. He said he'd get paid a dollar an hour (or a day...can't remember).

Gassaway, WV View from the Pizza Hut.

Yum

Heading back to Rosedale.

September 1, 2008
The office and the owners cabin. They said their house/office is on the top of the mountain.

Driving around Rosedale one last time.

Got a picture of my grandpa by the sign.

Old building.

Heading towards Gassaway. The house use to be owned by one of my grandpa's cousins whom past away.

On the interstate heading towards Weston, WV. I thought it looked cool because the road in the back is going down into the mountains.

I call it a wave/ocean of mountains because it's like the ocean...the Mountains continue on into the distance.

Back in Ohio.