A Drive to West Virginia
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- Опубликовано: 18 сен 2024
- This is a weekend trip to West Virginia from Virginia. The drive begins in Herndon, and then through such points of interest as the New River Gorge, Hawks Nest State Park, Montgomery (former home of WVU-Tech), Charleston and vicinity, Spencer, and other small towns.
The entire trip, with a few small exceptions and edits, is recorded in time-lapse at 7.5x. There is no audio as I didn't want to use any copyrighted music, and the listener could then use whatever sounds that person wants.
Among the places visited/passed through include:
Harrisonburg, VA (0:13:20).
Lewisburg, WV (0:27:26).
New River Gorge in WV (0:36:30).
Hawks Nest State Park in WV (0:42:49).
Montgomery, WV (0:46:49). The HiRise building, which was part of WVU-Tech when it was still in Montgomery, can be seen at the far left side starting at 0:46:44. This building was demolished less than 24 hours after this video was recorded.
Charleston, WV (starting at 0:51:30).
Spencer, WV (starting at 1:08:49). There was an error with the subtitle at this time, which was supposed to state that we were entering Spencer.
Ripley, WV (1:23:13).
Parkersburg, WV (starting at 1:36:19).
Clarksburg, WV (2:09:19).
Winchester, VA (2:35:42).
"...Take me home, country roads.
Country roads, take me home.
To the place I belong.
West Virginia, mountain Momma..."
..."Take me home , Country roads."
pristine American roads, and wonderful landscapes. a very scenic and beautiful area in America. of the many diverse and utterly stunning landscapes across that incredibly vast land.
Thank you! I uploaded this video back when I had no following on my channel, so I didn't edit this the way that I should've in retrospect. I actually want to do this trip again, using the Garmin Virb Ultra 30 camera that I have.
Deeply thanks for your efforts and uploading this beautiful VA + WV.
I used to live at Reston, VA until 1993 and it reminds me lots of gorgeous memories.
Thanks again and be safe from COVID-19 you and everyone who watched this channel.
From Vancouver, Canada.
0:18-25:52 Virginia
25:52-1:30:41 West Virginia
1:30:41-1:36:19 Ohio
1:36:19-2:17:21 West Virginia
2:17:21-2:29:51 Maryland
2:29:51-2:33:20 West Virginia
2:33:20-2:46:02 Virginia
Beautyful ride, blessed with real fine weather (so far...)!
Thanks. The weather was good throughout the entire drive. I uploaded this video back when I had no following and only did it for family and friends to see. You'll notice that there are a lot of needless turnarounds and whatnot. I'm about to upload a newer, better version of this drive that I recorded in real time. I hoped to have it posted in the next couple of days.
@@unclecoolie Wow, that would be cool! 2 parts, i guess. That trip has something charming...
@@Blues666 The newer video (day 1) is now uploaded, and I'm happier that this version.
@@unclecoolie Wow, thats incredible nice! Thank you very much. I will really enjoy this... :-)
I’ve been to all of these places:
0:00 - 1:18
Same here. 😃
You must not have ever watched the movie "Wrong Turn" or else you never would've gone on those back roads down by the New River Gorge.
I didn't realize that the Fayette Station Rd turns into a one-way road partway through it, and that's why I turned around there. But I wanted to drive through the gorge anyway, and that's why I went back across the bridge to drive in from the other side.
awesome channel, i love it. i live in madison by the way, about 30 min south of charleston.
Thanks a lot! I used to live in WV years ago, and I wanted to drive through all of the parts I either lived in or have been to when I was there. The only parts I missed were Corridor G (not far from you), and out in Putnam County and out near Barboursville and Huntington. Maybe I will visit those areas during my next trip. I just got back from Parkersburg a couple of weeks ago, and I will be uploading that trip's video at some point.
yeah, i live right off of corridor G, I can see it out my window right now haha. Looking forward to more videos.
I enjoyed your video. You touched most every town in the Charleston metro area except my hometown of Nitro.
We always know we've hit WV from VA because the roads instantly get better.
I agree. VA's roads aren't the best. Actually, the best roads that I've driven on are in Kansas. I've driven across that state twice--once on I-70, and once on US-50--and both times the roads were great.
You get about.....love it...
Thanks!
I live in Norfolk, VA this interesting to look at
Thanks. I live in Herndon, where this video starts. You know I uploaded this video mainly for my family and friends to look at, as I had no followers in 2017. Looking back, I should've done a better job in editing this, and I plan to upload a newer version at some point soon.
I have already been to Snowshoe ;D
I'd like to go there one day.
Nice Video 😀
Thanks 😁
@@unclecoolie Welcome 😁
Would love to see a real time video of this trip. It would be cool.
Thanks. This was one of my very first road trip videos, and at the time I didn't think to record it in real-time. I have done another West Virginia road trip that I recorded in real-time that I will upload eventually.
@@unclecoolie Have you heard of Green Bank WV? It is supposed to be a town than bans wifi.
@@ussco I have never heard of that.
im going there this thursday, i gotta drive 8-9 hours
Cool. I have another, but better, road trip to WV video that I will be uploading in the next few weeks. It's always a nice drive.
Collectively the Virginias are my favorite states. They are both so beautiful. Followed closely by PA and NY. :)
I suppose north/central Appalachia and the Mid Atlantic is just my favorite region overall.
I always liked driving through the Appalachians, too.
@@unclecoolie I am proud to be from them. Warts and all, these mountains are my home. Thanks for the video!
Thank you! I live in Virginia, not far from the mountains myself.
@@unclecoolie I hail originally from the twin tier Alleghenies. Northern PA, southern upstate NY. Basically dead north of Williamsport, PA. :)
@@cookieskoon2028 Cool!
Como me gustaria visitar algun dia Estados Unidos, me encanta
Thanks!
How tf does a 2 state drive end up being that long and far.
I uploaded this video long before my channel blew up, and I uploaded this video mainly for my family and friends to see. I did this drive to visit the several places I lived in or otherwise visited while I lived in West Virginia years ago.
7:48 66 not 64
This was my first road trip video upload, and it has numerous mistakes - so much so that I'll actually be doing another WV road trip in the next several weeks. When I uploaded this video, it was intended only for family and friends. (I had well under 100 subscribers back in June 2017.)
46:44
I drove through Montgomery the day before the Hirise Hall was demolished. I went to school at WVUIT, which is why I drove through there.
Why turn around all the time?. 1:12:20
Most of the roads in this video were roads that I deliberately drove on because I used to live near many of these places, or drove on these road many years ago - such as WV-14, WV-47, and US-33 to name a few. Where I turned around at 1:12:20 was near where my father lived at one time, but I didn't want to continue any further east on US-33 from that spot.
unclecoolie oh okay nice. Good to know
unclecoolie is that why you drove up WV-14 to Reedy, only to to drive back to Spencer, then drive down WV-14 to Reedy (apparently the next morning) from Parkersburg? It would’ve been better if you edited out the redundancy. Otherwise, nice video of the typical WV landscape.
I FOUND WHAT UNCLECOOLIE LOOKS LIKE. I might be wrong 1:32:14
That's me! 😊
1:08:44
I had a typo at 1:08:49. I meant to state Spencer.