Hilary
We heard you said: "vacation in west virginia" spend your dollars in state.
If you did say this. My question is where? There are no beaches in West Virginis.
Why would anyone want to?
Where would one go if they did want this?
What is in West Virginia other than Blenko Glass?
Pete C.
Pete,
Your email made me laugh - and I needed a good laugh, this was a difficult week as spam filled my Blog , and comments were cancelled for the last few days.
Readers please write to suggest places in our beautiful state Pete might want to visit.
My suggestion would be www.wvtourism.com .
When you cross the state line - from Ohio, Virginia, Ky, Maryland you enter a wild, wonderful, friendly place filled with remarkable people and a majestic beauty.
Pete, Blenko Glass is only one of many glass shops in West Virginia.Fenton Glass, Osburn Modern Glass, Appalachian Glass, Hinkle's Glass Studio, etc. the list is very long!
The West Virginia Glass Museum http://wvmag.bglances.com/index.htmlin Weston and TAMARACK www.tamarackwv.com near Beckley bring thousands of visitors to West Virginia each year.
7 comments:
Well for one, Pete, Hillary's blog is located on the Herald Dispatch website, which is a local news paper that outlines plenty of daily activities, events, and festivals in our state.
glancing at ONLY the front page just now I saw an ad for a painting exhibition, info about a performance of "Avenue Q," the Broadway show that just closed in New York, a historic downtown walking tour and several music acts. I find it odd that you could find this blog and miss all that.
It is true that you don't plan a "beach" vacation to WV, but you do plan one to relax, enjoy local beauty, and participate in whatever local events happen to be going on.
My parents live in WV like myself, and they take several vacations a year. Typically one is to the beach, and another is to an in-state destination.
WV has its reputation and gets made fun of quite a bit, which is fine with me; I think you have to learn to laugh at things like that. But for some reason it also seems to confuse people as to exactly what it is we do here. That's fine too, there's no harm in asking, but what bothers me is when people use their own ignorance as an excuse to be rude.
What if I came to your state, Pete, and said "Geez, there's nothing here, why on earth should I want to come here?" There's no reason to phrase the question like that. Why not just ask simply "What are some good things to do while vacationing in WV?"
Pete
When I lived in California people teased me about my desire to live in WV
now when they visit me in WV they speak of buying property
Come see what we have to offer.
The Blenko Festival of Glass in in August each year. Mark your calendar.
Mountain Rita
Tri State Race Track
Let us take your money, then send you home.
Ted E
Glade Springs.
Hilary I enjoy Glade Spring area of WV. Sol's parents own property here and in Berkley Springs both small cottage type dwellings the beauty of the ills surrounds these areas is well known.
Pete, look into visitng Glade Springs, and Berkley Springs. We hunt in Canada and Greenbrier County (Canada - not USA ) both are equally known for hunting and fishing.
Pete neglected to say what he enjoys.
Lewis
APPALACHAIN GLASS FESTIVAL MARCH OR APRIL IN WESTON
WV MUSEUM OF GLASS ANNUAL TOURS
CULTURAL CENTER IN CHARLESTON RECENTLY RE OPENED AFTER MAJOR WORK
BRIDGE IN FAYETTE COUNTY
MOUNTAINS IN 55 COUNTIES
WATER, NOT BEACHES IN 28 COUNTIES RIVERS SPRINGS
HOME GROWN VENDORS SHOPS AND GOOD EATS IN 55 COUNTIES
COME VISIT YOU WILL WANT TO RETURN.
State Parks
Choose one.
Anyone.
Gov Joe has pumped money into the parks and they are awesome.
Chuck S.
Pete,
You might call the Gov. office the WV Tourism is offering packages with many freebies.
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