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Bridge Day: Thrills & Spills in West Virginia’s New River Gorge

I’m off to West Virginia for Bridge Day! I’ve been wanting to check out this festival for years, but have always been elsewhere in October. Bridge Day is billed as the world’s largest extreme sport event, featuring hundreds of BASE jumpers … Continue reading

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Thrills & Spills in West Virginia’s New River Gorge

My dad grew up in one of the “Coolest Small Towns in the USA”: Fayetteville, West Virginia. When Budget Traveler magazine named Fayetteville one of the top ten small towns in the country, it credited not just the town’s young atmosphere … Continue reading

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The New

My dad grew up in one of the “Coolest Small Towns in the USA”: Fayetteville, West Virginia. When Budget Traveler magazine named Fayetteville one of the top ten small towns in the country, it credited not just the town’s young atmosphere … Continue reading

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My Favorite Rock

As a lifelong geology buff and avid traveler, I have no shortage of favorite rock formations: the epic red sandstone towers of Fisher Towers, Utah, the wild gneissic folds at Maine’s Pemaquid Point and of course, the massive quartzite fin … Continue reading

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