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¡Viva México!
Aventuras en Baja, México
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Life Threw Us a Curve Ball
Heading West
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Weekend in Mojave Scenic Preserve
Getting Ready to Leave the Rain
E Caribbean Cruise
Moab with the Bryans
Park No. 47!
West Coast Trail
3 NP’s in Cali
Our Greatest Joy in 2013
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Our Journey in 2024
Europe 2023
Winter Back in North America
Overlanding Europe
Egypt: Land of Mysteries
Visiting Uganda & Kitojo
On Safari in Kenya
Fall Back in the US ’21
Summer in Ontario
Iceland: Land of Fire and Ice
COVID – Post Vaccination
COVID-19 Times – Part Deux
COVID-19 Times
Trip Galleries – Group 2
Brazil 2.0
Uruguay: The Cow and the Port
Brazilia Road Trip
Paraguay: Land of Water
The Pantanal and Nearby, BR
Argentina 2.0
Antarctica: The Ice
Argentina: Land of Silver
Chile: Land of Poets
Bolivia: Tibet of the Americas
Peru: Land of the Incas
Ecuador: Middle of the World
Columbia: Gateway to South America
Trip Galleries – Group 3
Panama: Crossroads of the World
Costa Rica: Pura Vida
Nicaragua: Land of Lakes and Volcanoes
Honduras: The Banana Republic
El Salvador: Land of Volcanoes
Guatemala: Land of Eternal Spring
Belize: The Jewel of Central America
¡Viva México!
Aventuras en Baja, México
Continuing West
A Touch of the Midwest
US Southern Plains
Trip Galleries – Group 4
Life Threw Us a Curve Ball
Heading West
Heading South
Across Canada
RTW
Weekend in Mojave Scenic Preserve
Getting Ready to Leave the Rain
E Caribbean Cruise
Moab with the Bryans
Park No. 47!
West Coast Trail
3 NP’s in Cali
Our Greatest Joy in 2013
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Antarctica: The Ice
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Chile: Land of Poets
Bolivia: Tibet of the Americas
Peru: Land of the Incas
Ecuador: Middle of the World
Columbia: Gateway to South America
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Panama: Crossroads of the World
Costa Rica: Pura Vida
Nicaragua: Land of Lakes and Volcanoes
Honduras: The Banana Republic
El Salvador: Land of Volcanoes
Guatemala: Land of Eternal Spring
Belize: The Jewel of Central America
¡Viva México!
Aventuras en Baja, México
Continuing West
A Touch of the Midwest
US Southern Plains
Trip Posts – Group 4
Life Threw Us a Curve Ball
Heading West
Heading South
Across Canada
RTW
Weekend in Mojave Scenic Preserve
Getting Ready to Leave the Rain
E Caribbean Cruise
Moab with the Bryans
Park No. 47!
West Coast Trail
3 NP’s in Cali
Our Greatest Joy in 2013
Our Wheels
Pics
Trip Galleries – Group 1
Our Journey in 2024
Europe 2023
Winter Back in North America
Overlanding Europe
Egypt: Land of Mysteries
Visiting Uganda & Kitojo
On Safari in Kenya
Fall Back in the US ’21
Summer in Ontario
Iceland: Land of Fire and Ice
COVID – Post Vaccination
COVID-19 Times – Part Deux
COVID-19 Times
Trip Galleries – Group 2
Brazil 2.0
Uruguay: The Cow and the Port
Brazilia Road Trip
Paraguay: Land of Water
The Pantanal and Nearby, BR
Argentina 2.0
Antarctica: The Ice
Argentina: Land of Silver
Chile: Land of Poets
Bolivia: Tibet of the Americas
Peru: Land of the Incas
Ecuador: Middle of the World
Columbia: Gateway to South America
Trip Galleries – Group 3
Panama: Crossroads of the World
Costa Rica: Pura Vida
Nicaragua: Land of Lakes and Volcanoes
Honduras: The Banana Republic
El Salvador: Land of Volcanoes
Guatemala: Land of Eternal Spring
Belize: The Jewel of Central America
¡Viva México!
Aventuras en Baja, México
Continuing West
A Touch of the Midwest
US Southern Plains
Trip Galleries – Group 4
Life Threw Us a Curve Ball
Heading West
Heading South
Across Canada
RTW
Weekend in Mojave Scenic Preserve
Getting Ready to Leave the Rain
E Caribbean Cruise
Moab with the Bryans
Park No. 47!
West Coast Trail
3 NP’s in Cali
Our Greatest Joy in 2013
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» Almost Heaven, West Virginia
our 50th state
thru WV (1)
Train carrying coal
Piles of Coal
NP sign
DSCN4973 Wide view of bridge
DSCN4974 The Bridge
DSCN4975 view from bridge overlook
wider view of the bridge
our camp site
DSCN4976 Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine
DSCN4977 monument to the WV coal miner
beginning of mine tour
DSCN4978 coal car
DSCN4979 a coal seam
DSCN4981 coming to the end of the tour
The tiny kerosene lanterns they used
a former drilling spot
the Dinner Hole
Kettle bottoms
DSCN4982 Bachelor's cabin
DSCN4983 small entry ways into the buildings
DSCN4987 Superintendent's house kitchen and dining room
DSCN4989 One room school house
DSCN4990 Superintendent's house
DSCN4991 inside school
DSCN4993 Coal camp church
DSCN4995 privie
DSCN4997 mountain side village replica
DSCN4998 funny metal statue outside
DSCN4999-5006 views from Grandview (6)
DSCN4999-5006 views from Grandview (2)
DSCN4999-5006+views from Grandview (1)
DSCN5007-11+ Sandstone Falls (1)
DSCN5007-11 Sandstone Falls (3)
DSCN5007-11 Sandstone Falls (1)
Army campground beach
Army campground happy hour
Army campground pieces of coal
Army campground coal & shells on beach
Army campground (6)
NP map
Army campground (1)
Weston (1)
Weston (2)
American Museum of Glass
a collection of glass animals
glass man
lovely dino
quite a variety
a glass unicorn
wine glasses
the making of glass eyes
old glass factory
Slag
a cat collection
a glass doll house
a glass pumpkin
National Marble Museum section (1)
National Marble Museum section (3)
glass from telephone poles
National Marble Museum section (6)
a glass cane
approaching the Asylum
Front of buiding
Our Nurse Guide, Michelle
tree struck by lightning
Pharmacy shelves
Pharmacy once the dining room
photo of a ward
gargoyles above the window
back of buiding
Grounds
gargoyles that have been removed
first ward
reasons women were admitted
looking down a passageway
single room that was rarely single
sled beds - easily stackable and portable
unrenovated hallway
unrenovated social area
Dr. Kirkbride
renovated hallway
water treatments - sometimes for weeks
old photo of facility
old wheelchairs
in Morgantown