A winding road inside of the WV State Fairgrounds |
Picture taken by a resident in Shelter Cove,
showing the canal overflowing
|
boat ramp on left is completely flooded onto Pine Island Drive, one of my RV lots is on this road |
The entire state had major damage, especially the Florida Keys. It will take many years to recover.
Water heater has an aluminum tank
which can corrode,mine had two pinhole leaks
|
The water heater was replaced a few
days later, we are now waiting on the shipment of the new Awning
which will delay my exit until next Wednesday. Fortunately, the
Fairgrounds has once again given me a discount for the four additional
days.
My two Rv lots which are currently
being rented out, were vacated during the hurricane and sustained no
damage. Both aluminum sheds are still standing and the palms trees
weathered the 65-85 mile an hour winds. Both tenants are waiting for
the electric to be turned back on before returning to the park.
Back here in West Virginia, I've been
under the weather for a few days with a bad back. Muscle tension
causing much pain, but it has finally subsided. So yesterday, I took
a drive over to Lost World Caverns. It's only a few miles outside of
Lewisburg, down a narrow winding country road, past farms cut out of
the hillsides, rolling hills and valleys. A few grand homes sit
behind fences and then I turn off onto a dirt road, feeling more and
more like I'm entering a lost world. At the end of the dirt road, I
arrive at Lost World Caverns. Two horses stand next to the fence
watching as I drive into the parking area. Two black lamas are in a
small fenced off area next to the building complex.
entrance to Lost World Caverns |
A large water wheel turns next to one
of the buildings near the entrance. It serves no purpose except as a
decorative water feature. A friendly greeting as I'm one of the
first guests of the day. I pay my $11.45 entrance fee and start down
the long concrete tunnel. It's a self guided tour of the caverns,
which I've never experienced before. The lighting in this cavern
remains on throughout the half mile length. Spotlights glare out
pointing in every which way to highlight the walls and stalagmites
and stalactites. It's silent, except for the occasional sound of
dripping water. Wooden steps lead up and down and around the various
gray rock formations. These formations are not colorful and the
lighting doesn't help the stark look of the place.
poor lighting, first cave I've gone into where it was a self guided tour which made it quite interesting |
Still it has a unique feeling being on
a self guided tour. The silence, time to look and reflect while
experiencing an underground cave. No tour guides giving each
formation a cute name and then turning all the lights off to give one
that “special” experience of total darkness. Eventually other
tourists arrive and the dynamics of the experience change a bit.
raw formations |
millions of years of water formed this |
cool |
much like entering an old mining operation |
West Virginia is covered with thousands
of natural caves. One in this area is 50 miles long. While in the
town of Lewisburg, which is pretty much built on the side of a hill,
I was talking to one of the shop owners about not having to worry
about flooding in this town. She told me not so. Just a year or so
ago, with heavy rains in the area, the caverns under the city filled
to overflowing and flooded her store with a couple of inches of water
before exiting the front door. The floor did seem a bit off level as
I walked around the shop.
just a few things that caught my interest this week |
thrift store images |
called chalk figurines |
vintage finds |
a book store in Lewisburg, barely the width of the the double doors |
the book store does open up a bit in the back |
this is the narrow entrance to the store. To a book lover, the size of the store doesn't really matter |
Lost World Caverns, West Virginia
Misc Lewisburg WV shots
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