Skip to content
Starnes Family of Ohio
  • Home
  • Freelance Work
  • Family Links
  • Grasshopper Railroad Book
  • Contact

Fayetteville, WV Trip

  • August 11, 2015June 29, 2018
  • by Roger Starnes

In late July, my in-laws, Lee and Cara, took James and Katie with their family to Fayetteville, WV for a week of fun at Adventures on the Gorge. Tuesday night that week Rachel came down after a workshop in Findlay, OH. Then on Wednesday, I managed to get a few days off from work to join the family.

The kids and my in-laws got to do some white water rafting on Monday, along with some tree-top courses. On Wednesday I got to tag along for a walk across the cat walk under the New River bridge! We also got a day of boating, cliff diving, and rock climbing at Summersville Lake. We also did some hiking to see water falls, creeks, and old mining towns. Rachel, James, and I took a tour in the exhibition mine of Beckley, WV.

Photos below!

The family is ready for the bridge walk to begin!
Our guide shows us what we’ll be walking under…
Under the New River arch bridge
Everyone clipped on?
Hey, why is the bridge shaking?
Guide: it would take you 8 seconds to fall from here
New River below on right
New River below on left
Middle of catwalk!
Way up there!
Oh, those dots are people!
Full-size truck servicing railroad tracks
Guide helping un-harness family
If you ever want to try it!
Bridge view from road below
New River from lower bridge
Creek hike
Officially closed waterfall that we had to see
Rachel in thought
Back at the cabin, the family rests
Van trip to pontoon at Summersville Lake
Overcast day on lake, perfect!
Lake waterfall
Rock on lake where we climbed
Katie making her 1st short climb
Other side of over-hanging rock
Maelyn climb
James in kayak
Katie climb
Katie near top zoomed in
Katie rock wide angle
Katie rock top (I made it too!)
Waiting for guides to load boats
Sign in historic Fayetteville, WV
Top of mountain road
Babcock State Park Mill
Babcock State Park Mill
Front of Mill and James
Used to be a public swimming hole!
Nuttalburg coal mine tracks
Nuttallburg Ghost Trestle
Cathedral Falls Panoramic
Cathedral Falls
Cathedral-Falls
Cathedral-Falls
Sandstone Falls Panoramic
Sandstone Falls Panoramic
Sandstone Falls Panoramic
Sandstone Falls
Sandstone Falls James and Rachel
Sandstone Falls
Sandstone Falls
Sandstone Falls Map
Beckley Mine Museum
Beckley Mine
Beckley Mine Tools
Beckley Mine Fossil Stumps
Beckley Mine
Beckley Mine
Beckley Mine
Nuttallburg Ghost Trestle
Nuttallburg Paved Road
Nuttallburg Building
Nuttallburg Profile
Nuttallburg Coke Oven History
Nuttallburg Multi Track Switch
Nuttallburg Coke Ovens
Nuttallburg Ghost Tracks
Nuttallburg House Foundations
Nuttallburg House Foundations
Nuttallburg Tipple Tower
Nuttallburg Tipple Loaders
Nuttallburg Tipple Track
Nuttallburg Tipple Track James
Nuttallburg Map
Nuttallburg Tipple Conveyor
Nuttallburg Tipple Look Up
Nuttallburg Tipple Ghost Track
Nuttallburg Tipple James
Nuttallburg Tipple James
Nuttallburg Track
Nuttallburg Tipple Conveyor
Nuttallburg Conveyor Parts
Nuttallburg Dozer Parts
G80-10T Rocket Launch at Bob Evans’ Farms
2011 Mazdaspeed3 PCV Valve Replacement and Valve Cleaning

Related articles

The Mantell Incident

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Birthdays and Anniversaries

Calendar

May 2025
M T W T F S S
 1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728293031  
« Feb    
Theme by Colorlib Powered by WordPress