Take Me Home Country Roads...

Next stop after Greensboro was West Virginia and a long-awaited visit with Michael.

Pipestem Resort State Park is probably one of the nicest state parks in the country...large sites, including paved pull-thrus, full hook-ups, lots of trees, wildlife and quite a few amenities. We were able to enjoy it more this visit since it was spring...as opposed to our last visit when we encountered freezing temps that necessitated turning off the water and a little snow.

We had a great visit with Michael. I thought our time together was going to be limited due to a shooting competition Michael was competing in but, luckily for us, the competition was postponed so we had the entire weekend with him...which made me a happy Mom.

The weather was gorgeous on Saturday and we enjoyed hanging out at our campsite for a while...we wanted to take the Tram ride at Pipestem but we were about two weeks too early for the season opening, maybe next time. After that Michael took us on a tour of the area including Sandstone Falls and the Bluestone Damn. West Virginia has some  beautiful countryside. (Pictures at the end of this post.) We finished up the day with dinner at the Bluestone Dining Room at McKeever Lodge at Pipestem. The food was okay, prices reasonable and it was very convenient...especially since the nearest town is a fifteen mile drive.

We went to visit Michael and Dana my granddog ;) at his house on Sunday...a very rainy day. Michael cooked a wonderful dinner for us...pork roast, parmesean potatoes, mixed veggies, rolls, dessert. Jack also enjoyed playing with Michael's pinball machine!  I'm impressed with my son's cooking skills!

Unfortunately Michael had to go back to work on Monday, but we were able to meet for dinner a few times in Princeton.  Pipestem is about thirty miles from Bluefield, where Michael lives, but it's the only campground in the area that can accommodate our big rig. Princeton is about half way in between and makes a convenient meeting spot. I spent one day hibernating at home with some awful sinus problems which we attributed to the pollen.

When we first arrived at our campsite we discovered the sliding mirrored closet doors in our bathroom had come apart and off the track during our bumpy ride into the mountains. The piece that keeps the separate panels together just needed to be reattached...with screws rather than staples (why did they use staples???) which was an easy enough fix for Jack. Getting it back into the track proved a bit more difficult as the piece that fits into the track was broken. While Jack and I sat in the sunshine discussing where to get a replacement piece and how to secure the doors until we got it, I noticed Michael was busy on his phone. Within a few minutes he'd found the part, ordered it and Amazon Prime would have it to his house in two days! The part came as promised, Jack got the doors fixed and we were able to hit the road with one less worry. Thanks, Michael!

  

We were there for six days but it went by in a flash and the time to say good bye came all too quickly for me.