Charleston Travel Blogs, Travelogues and Travel Journals

It is a quick trip on the interstate from Milton past towns like Hurricane and Nitro, crossing the Kanawha, and into Charleston, the capital of West Virginia.  The capitol dome looms over the city, covered with gold. Spend a peaceful moment under the trees admiring the river from the capitol steps.  You might want to do this on a Saturday or Sunday, as parking is scarce on weekdays. With a population of 200,000, this is going to be your best chance for a big city in West Virginia.

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This is the LAST Blog for my New Mexico series...this is where my 2007-2008 Iraq deployment started... After 3 days of hitting the road hard, i am home..for awhile. If you dont kno already, this chicka is goin to Iraq. I found out about this 2 weeks ago. I had been on this Border Patrol mission deployment for 11 months and now, i am back home for 2 weeks and gonna be gone for another 12 months. It is the name of the business, it's what i signed up for i guess. Wish i could explain about it …

My home town, worth visiting.

In my quest to explore the country and to stay off of interstates whenever possible, I decided to drive into West Virginia and see some of the state. What a mistake that was! My old non turbo Ford diesel did not like this decision at all. The hills I encountered crossing over the Appalachian mountains made the old truck grunt. It was a long tough day and when I found the Elks Lodge in Charlston, I said, OH Crap. It was on top a hill with a sharp hairpin turn in the middle of the steep drivewa…

this is a small city/town. located on the river bank in between the mountains. it provides the best scenery from the air. the airport is located on top of a mountain which makes it one of the unique airport i've visited.

I decided to take a cross country road trip to gatlinburg tenn. on the way I stopped at friends places and expanded my road trip after the original cabin trip in gatlinburg, I head east to North Carolina to the outer banks, up north to MD to N.Y. withsights in between. after I left New York, I went thru PA to Ohio and spent a week there and had Tday with some friends. I headed south thru WV,VA, IN, MO, ARK, and MS back thru L for a few weeks b4 heading back to calif

It started innocently enough; I visited Juneau, Alaska in June 1993 and explored the State Capitol building. A few months later, It was Montgomery, Alabama's. In the course of time, it became a hobby. Near the end it became a bit of an obsession. Then, in August of 2006, I visited my 50th US State Capitol building in Pierre, SD. (Yeh!) Yes, I know, I'm a geography nerd.... All entries are maintained in on the 'first visit' date.

Did a Road Trip to Montana. Had a Great time Stopping alone the way at the different sites.