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 […]
COVID 19 OUTDOORS POLICIES
Cue the David Bowie because there are almost daily “Ch-ch-changes.” And these quarantine days, changes mean more and more closures for area parks and recreation facilites. Here’s the latest updates from our Tri-State area state parks, forests and natural resource areas and what is closed and open in regional cities. HUNTINGTON The Greater Huntington Park […]
Viral Tunes
Songs of the Season: From “Stay Inside” and “Cheap Wine” – A Local Song for Every Viral Occasion In this fast moving Coronavirus, it is the sharing of songs that keeps our shred of sanity sewn together. With so many odd situations arising, we’ve put together a quick song list of the right local songs […]
Covid 19 Outdoors Policies in the Tri-State
Stay Safe While Staying Active With three states and varying policies, we’ve put together the latest listings for what the responses to Covid-19 are in Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia as well as U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-managed properties in our Tri-State region. In general, all policies have this in common that hiking, biking and exploring […]