AdventureZ: May 2024

Home Again May 1, 2024

After 4 months on the road we are home for the summer. We are looking forward to spending time with family and friends and enjoying Buffalo's beautiful summer. We will also be working on our next adventures.

Mid September we are headed for the east coast starting at Delaware Seashore State Park and ending at Jekyll Island the end of October. Stops along the way include: Assateague State Park in Maryland, Virginia Beach, Outer Banks, Charleston, Savannah and Tybee Island.

2025 we are working on plans to head west to visit the many National Parks in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Colorado and Nebraska. Thinking we may hit Wyoming, Montana and the Dakotas and not come home for the summer. It's a long time to be gone ... but there is a lot to see and do !

THANKS FOR FOLLOWING ALONG AND CATCH UP WITH US ON OUR NEXT ADVENTURES.

Sandstone Falls April 28, 2024

Sandstone Falls is the largest falls on New River which span 1500 feet.

Sandstone Falls Visitor Center.

Kaymoor Miners Trail April 27, 2024

Getting around Kaymoor was a challenge. Workers and their families either lived at Kaymoor top or 900 feet below at Kaymoor bottom. Company employees either worked in the middle where the coal was extracted or at the bottom where it was processed. The solution? A tram car, called a mountain haulage carried workers and materials to the job sites, with passenger runs scheduled around business trips. The mountain haulage ran until midnight when the last shift ended.

Some people refused to ride down the mountain, so walking the stairs was their only alternative. The Kaymoor Miners Trail follows a similar path to that of the original stairs.

The platform at the top where the original tram started.

Rock climbers we saw while on the hike down.

The midway point where the coal was mined.

The beginning of the steps to the bottom. There are 821 total.

Water tank stored water collected from inside the mine for later use.

Cap house stored blasting caps used in the mine to detonate explosive charges.

Conveyor used to transport the coal.

The bottom where the coal was processed.

The view of the stairs from the bottom.

Another view of the stairs ... halfway up looking down.

New River Gorge National Park April 27 - 28, 2024

In 2020 the New River Gorge became New River Gorge National Park. The area includes New River Gorge National Park and Preserve, Bluestone National Scenic River and Gauley River National Recreation Area.

Spanning New River near Fayetteville is the New River Gorge Bridge. At 876 feet, it is the third-highest bridge in the US.Prior to completion of the bridge in 1977 the only way to cross the river was by a narrow bridge at the bottom of the gorge. The route took over 45 minutes down a narrow winding road and back up the other side. We took the Fayette Station Road Driving Tour and crossed a replica of the original bridge.