New River Gorge, West Virginia...

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The Wife and I did a short weekend camping trip to the eastern Grand Canyon... This place is a meca for white water rafters and kayakers... Got some fairly decent shots of the second largest single span bridge in the world as well as some odd things and a ghost railroad town...

We started at the bridge, forest service welcome center... then we hiked along the river, scrambling over rocks to get the perfect shot from the river...






from the small original bridge in the shot above...






Eye in the Rock...




Road side attraction, The Mystery Hole! This place was a trip... tacky to the max! with black lights and the like... the room in the hole is situated so you feel totally off balance... no cameras allowed inside. :cry


My DW at our camp site on the river...


Some West Virginia yard ornaments...


I have only processed about half the images... will post more later! Thanks for looking!

Winston

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A few more shots before I get to work... This was a neighborhood garden with some very strange statues... Looks like a shrine to aliens!







And another tacky yard ornament...


We explored the abandoned railroad town of Thurmond extensively... here are a few of the shots I have processed so far... first a sot of an old BW which gives a time line of the town's history...


The park service is doing a wonderful job in preserving and restoring some of the old buildings...




this was like a service station for steam trains...








I will post more of the town as I get them processed!

Enjoy!

Winston

dadwtwins

Very cool shoots. I especially loved the tacky yard ornaments and the mystery hole

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Some more shots of the town of Thurmond... This town was once a thriving railroad and coal mining town...

My DW standing next to the RR and car bridge which crosses the New River...


the local church...


Signs on an out building close to the church










interior of house above...



They used to repair steam trains in this building










The water works of Thurmond...


This was a great trip to a beutiful location... we definately plan on going back for some outdoor adventure and fun! Will be going down on the 18th of October for "Bridge day... Base jummpers parachute off the bridge! should be a great photo op!



Winston

grimace

Beautiful looking series. WV has so much to offer.

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grimace wrote:

Beautiful looking series. WV has so much to offer.

Thanks Adam,
I saw your shots of flight 93 memorial... nice series! I'v been there once myself, very moving... today is the day... remember 9/11

Winston

pug8

Awesome-looking bridge, and the little waterfall looks cool and refreshing.

Cygnus Studios

Great series. The base jumping is a cool thing to watch. I bungee jumped the bridge many years ago when it was all the rage. WV is really one of the most beautiful areas for scenery photographers.

JeriAmrine

Great series!! I actually went to Thurmond and the New River area in August. The old "ghost town" was very cool, but sadly, my one year old just wasn't into looking around. Now I see some of the great things I missed. It also poured down rain, so we never did get to the bridge. Maybe next time... Thanks for sharing!

kwork

Great shots of an area I love.
I grew up a couple hours south of Fayetteville and have crossed the NRG Bridge countless times (went to WVU for 4 years). Whitewater rafting is so much fun I can't describe it. Hopefully we will go back next fall.

I've never been to Thurmond but it looks quite interesting.

Thanks again for sharing these spectacular shots.

vgeek

The bank ones are really neat. If I saw that alien when it was halfway dark I'd probably have a coronary, since if aliens are going to land, it will be in the middle of nowhere, such as West Virginia, right?