Timberline – Getting Makeover
DAVIS, W.Va. – Officials with Perfect North Slopes, the new owners of Timberline Mountain, have announced that skiers and snowboarders will be riding to the top on a brand new 6-passenger high speed chairlift next winter. The brand new Doppelmayr 6-passenger lift will be the first of its kind in West Virginia. In addition, the ski […]
How to ski with kids without losing your sanity
With four downhill ski resorts and some of the best terrain in the Mid-Atlantic, the Mountain State of West Virginia is a prime place to learn to ski. While we thank God every time we ski that are kids can now dress themselves, here’s a few tips we learned (often the hard way) on taking […]
Cool It Now!! A Dozen Places to Paddle, Explore and Play This Summer
In a summer that has the country practically locked down and Kanye West running for President, suffice to say the only certainty is that nothing is normal or predictable and anything can happen. Although God only knows what the rest of summer holds, there’s two things I am betting on. One is that Coronavirus will […]
Backpack – Carter Caves
Pack It Up and Go! Make A Weekend Escape With A Local Backpack Trip With the temperatures rising and all of us stewing in the daily stresses of a pandemic, social unrest and hornet’s nest of incivility on social media, it’s prime time to unplug, get away and pour our worried souls and troubled minds […]
Buffalo Creek Rail Rides
Go Take A Ride Or Pedal The Rails CLAY, W.Va. – As the third most forested state West Virginia is blessed to have so many ways to explore the splendor of its wilds from whitewater rafting, ziplining and trams, to hot air ballooning, paddleboarding and skiing. Add to that Rail Biking – cycling on specially-made […]
Daniel Johnston’s live album Chicago 2017 Streaming Now
The last album recorded by the late, great singer/songwriter Daniel Johnston was released Monday on streaming services. Johnston’s Chicago 2017 includes new arrangements of 14 Johnston originals and one Beatles cover. Nine tracks are performed live from Chicago’s Vic Theater backed by Tweedy (the band comprised of Jeff and Spencer Tweedy, James Elkington, Darin Gray […]
Clio Connecting America to Art, History and Culture
Since the GPS-enabled history and website and mobile app, Clio (theclio.com) was created in 2017 by Marshall University associate professor of history, David Trowbridge, it has uploaded and curated 35,226 historical entries helping people in every state discover history through walking, driving and virtual multi-media tours. Named after the Greek muse of history, Clio was […]
Little Sandy River Paddle Trip
As surrounding states begin slowly trying to reopen in some way, shape, form or fashion after the Coronavirus lockdown, we’re all staring down what’s left of spring and at least early summer with a heightened focus on regional travel options. While we all may have once regularly flown or drove far far away to adventure, […]
Six Safe Ways to Get Out, Hike and Explore
Anybody stir crazy yet? Or just crazy? As our friend and fellow author (he’s actually a legit national author) Bert Fulks recently posted its “It’s March the quaranteenth. Again.” Sure we have lost track of days, what month it is, and for some how many videos they’ve posted to Covid 19 Beer Chugging FB group, […]
Sawbones: Listen! Learn! Laugh! Wash Your Hands! Repeat!
These days you can’t turn on the TV in America without seeing one of America’ three medical musketeers – our frontline physicians and public health experts – Surgeon General Jerome Adams, Anthony Fauci (director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) and Sanjay Gupta (chief medical correspondent for CNN) – spreading the gospel […]