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wish for advice please... has anyone in the bloggy world ever gone from a . com to just a blogspot again ...at the end of March 2025 I am not gonna stop paying for my . com any more in this foreseeable future??! i assumed way back when that it would go into something to make a bit of money, I might hook up with other travel folks or folks wishing to do as other blogger once did, but??! ... what a joke now that i look back on it. I have found it tough to get in with the other bloggers, oh well, "c'est la vie" is the saying i do believe, we all have dreams some happen, others are squashed to complete mush. wondering if you are able to keep your photos or what will be there when it is gone? it doesn't really matter, I will not be heartbroken they are gone if they are as such, but hope they will somehow stick around, some how, some way?!?  update in the real world, or daily life:  we had a tree fall on your house, nothing that problematic relatively speaking ...it will no...

  On a weekend of errands in December 2024 ... right before the big change of New Year of 2025 ...we saw this beauty ... I would think you are familiar with the movie "Christmas Vacation", with Chevy Chase?? Too funny, right? Loved it. My hubby had seen it when I was not in the truck and we made a point to go by and get these photos. Do you have a favorite Christmas film you can watch over and over? This is one of those for us. Have a blessed day. Hope your 2025 ...is going well ... how is writing that going for you ... 2025 ...gotta do that a bunch. LOL!! This is the first Sunday I've had a moment to share these photos. Drop me a comment, tell me how life is, how the family, friends and you are doing??! Take Care. Beth ( ; 

  This one was off the beaten path as they say ... and not in the big parts (cities or towns) of West VA ... I'm seeing double (funny how so many bridges can start to look similar or have bits that are just so similar but not??! odd.) ... after looking at all the covered bridges, so many to pick from ... WOW!!! What was so kind a man (so many folks would just run on through, but he made a point to give us a chance to grab the photo, before he drove through) who lived a while passed this bridge took the time for us to take a picture ... so KIND!! I love kind humans. so COOL!!  Philippi Covered Bridge  Now I know we visited this bridge years ago ...but for some reason it looked more sad this time ... worn ...where as the last time it was more happy ...so maybe it has been recently painted back then or whatnot???!! A must see for sure ... it is a busy bridge ...so cool. Indian Creek Covered Bridge (I think so? it doesn't show the sizing in any pics so I am wondering if I hav...

  "North Bend Rail Trail" "72 miles across north-central and western West VA. wilderness path takes you across 36 bridges, 10 tunnels and is part of the 5,500 mile American Discovery Trail, which spans the length of the USA. #19 tunnel also called "Silver Run Tunnel" is haunted." sounds like that in Cairo and Petroleum, West VA ....are both a part of this trail ... I shared Cairo on the 19th of January ...so if you missed it please catch up ... such a gorgeous area of West VA. so so so pretty. The leaves were starting to change, falling on the ground ...so the sounds were all around ... crunching, birds ... not to many people ... a few here and there. But not overly busy. Taking in Sept end of the month and beginning of October 2024. Just a week away ...takes a few troubles away, LOL!! Nice to just see something new to you ... and breathe. SO NICE!!! I will say that in #19 tunnel I felt some force, like it did wish for me to leave ... I believe in GHOSTS b...

  this building was at the beginning of trail, there are restrooms if need be ... This is called the "MON" river trail, West VA, along Monogahela River ... each day for 3 days beginning of October 2024 and end of Sept, we road on our bikes on 2 different trails, not sure which I prefer more, both are gorgeous areas of West VA and enjoyable rides ... we took time in West VA ... to just chill ... (please for more information "see here" ) if by chance I have messed up these photos in the order and so on ... I know so many of the bike trails we go on are RAILS to TRAILS paths and are so awesome ...so you will never be sad. Such fun. Great exercise and West VA is awesome always. Thanks for stopping by today. Hope you are well. Take Care. Beth ( : 

We never thought to ask any one we met around here how you pronounce this towns name, so to be completely honest we are clueless on that. LOL!! If you are a lover of antiques this location had one ...we walked around a bit, the place was bumper to bumper filled with all items you can not imagine ...I always wonder when a place is that filled how do you ever find what you are looking for? WOW!!! We actually did do the bike trail and then traveled around Cairo, but I switched it up and showed it in reverse order ... for fun, I mean why not??! ENJOY!  The 1st four photos there are of an abandoned tunnel ... I truly have no clue why this was as such ... maybe it needed to my repair to be updated so the train folks just let it go ... and had the train path just a bit over ... so I mean they are so close to the similar trail ...but it was fun to see ... you can only go on and see the end ... but the rocks are blocking the exit ...so you will have to turn around to get out of there. It wa...

  High Bridge Trail, Farmville, VA "High Bridge Trail State Park, Southside VA converted from a rail line last belonging to Norfolk Southern. opened 2008, most recent extension into the town of Pamplin completed in Spring 2024." length: 166 miles In Sept 2024, end of the month almost the beginning of October ... when the hurricane Helene (if you check out those pics above you can see the high river waters, wild how waters go, just take over the lands, wild times!!!) had just came through, shocked how it really effect the area considering we don't live on the coast, I wouldn't be surprised if the coast was even worse off ...which we knew would be the case ...but it's just amazing how rough it truly was ... lots of rain and wind (which caused accidents, power outages, lots of limbs and trees down, where my parents are, they had local school all messed up, some students were unable to get home because of down trees, the parents were really quite stressed over it all....

  100th anniversary 1920 - 2020 "Brightwell's Mill" , Madison Heights, Virginia "created in the early 1800s and was constructed a second time following a  destructive flood in August 1942." I think we have visited this mill maybe 2 or 3 times ... now it has never been open ...but on the website it says it has "events", maybe when you visit be sure to check it out when it is available for a tour or Christmas / Thanksgiving time? That would be away awesome to see it during the seasonal time. This trip happened Sept 2024 ... end of the month ...we took a bike ride through Madison Heights and ate our Little Caesars pizza at this mill before going home. Hope you enjoy this day with me ...I hope 2025 will be awesome for us all ... What are you plans? Galt's Mill Complex, Madison Heights, VA. check out the info you can find on Wikipedia ...shocked to see this beauty up and close and personal ... we saw it surrounded by trees and brush. Sad to see it neede...