{"id":456,"date":"2013-10-14T15:37:15","date_gmt":"2013-10-14T19:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/?p=456"},"modified":"2013-10-15T00:16:12","modified_gmt":"2013-10-15T04:16:12","slug":"camera-club-trip-to-wv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/?p=456","title":{"rendered":"Camera Club Trip to WV"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pilgrim leaves crowd the air with their falling every October. The journey is always the same<\/em>. — Linda Pastan in Carnival Evening<\/p>\n

The Baltimore Camera Club recently arranged a member trip to West Virginia. \u00a0In the past they have gone more to the north, closer to Canaan Valley, Dolly Sods and Seneca Rocks. \u00a0Happily this time they went to Pocahontas County, which is my favorite area of WV.<\/p>\n

Lodging was arranged at the Inn at Mountain Quest in Frost, WV, about 18 miles from Marlinton, which is the main town in the area. \u00a0The rooms were a surprise. \u00a0I was expecting rather old style rooms or rooms you might find at a B&B. \u00a0The rooms were very nice, very comfortable, and rather delightfully eclectic in design, reflecting a space theme, an African savannah, and an extremely modern black and white design (my room) among others I didn’t see.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\"Room@MountainQuest\"<\/a>Raj agreed to share the ride with me, and we stuck together for the whole trip. \u00a0We went directly to Beartown State Park, which was the furthest from the Inn of the places I wanted to see, so that on the following days, travel would be at least a little shorter.<\/p>\n

\"Rocks<\/a>\"Beartown<\/a><\/p>\n

Beartown was all about rocks and ferns from a boardwalk. \u00a0In the right light, it could be pretty neat, but the light wasn’t really helpful.<\/p>\n

The next morning, after a really fine breakfast, some spiderweb<\/p>\n

\"Spider<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0and foggy tree photos, we headed for the Falls at Hills Creek. \u00a0Before we even hit the\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/span>falls, a pond right across the road had some good fall reflections. \u00a0At the Falls, the lower falls has the largest drop at 63 feet, with a very good viewing platform. \u00a0So I went right down to the bottom on a boardwalk followed by a metal stairwell and more boardwalk, planning to be able to stop at the others on the way back to catch my breath.<\/p>\n

\"Lower<\/a><\/p>\n

The walk is kind of steep, especially carrying a tripod and backpack, but you just need to take your time and rest when need\u00a0to and it isn’t too bad.<\/p>\n

\"Cascade<\/a><\/p>\n

I had a chance to rest\u00a0at Middle\u00a0Falls to take some more shots. \u00a0By this time, the sky seemed to be clearing even more, so waiting for the clouds to hide the sun was getting a little tedious, but I still like this middle falls shot with partial\u00a0sun on the rocks.<\/p>\n

After the Falls we hit the Cranberry Glades Boardwalk, which I think is better in the spring. \u00a0I did shoot some dried ferns and a cecropia moth caterpillar, but nothing really exciting. \u00a0To end the day we drove up the Highland Scenic Highway. \u00a0In some areas, the colors were doing fairly well, but I just couldn’t find a particular tree or color mass that excited me.<\/p>\n

On Sunday morning we stopped at a place Raj had seen on Saturday, with a pond reflecting an old weathered barn. \u00a0The mist cooperated, and we stayed there a while, before moving on to Watoga State Park. \u00a0Some nice fall reflections in the lake, but nothing much else, so we started home.<\/p>\n

Rooms and food at the Inn were excellent, but the Inn was almost 20 miles east of Marlinton, and most of the areas I preferred were west of Marlinton, so there was a lot of traveling for Raj and me. \u00a0Others went to the Cass Railroad, the radio telescope at Green Bank, and the windmill farm, all to the north. \u00a0Bottom line: \u00a0good trip!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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