West Virginia Road Trip: 3 Days 190 Miles Scenic Byways
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- Опубліковано 22 кві 2023
- Historic West Virginia Three-Day Road Trip. This previous video footage was filmed during the month of June Travel along with me From Bluefield West Virginia to the New River Gorge Bridge For This Once In A Lifetime Journey Thru West Virginia
The Scenic Coal Heritage Trail is a 187-mile route that runs through southern West Virginia. The trail is a celebration of the region's rich coal mining historyThe Coal Heritage Trail is home to several small towns and historic sites
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I grew up in West Virginia. It was a great place to grow up. Wonderful communities to raise your children. Had a great childhood running threw those mountains and riding my bike.
I love my beautiful state of West Virginia! ❤
I have been to WV once, down by Bluefield, and it was the most beautiful place I have ever seen in my life! I love watching these videos!
It’s very pretty!! I’m from Georgia! Hello and have a great day!❤
This Brit used to live in WV for 8 years, gorgeous state and the people are Amazing!!
I was in Norfolk for 82 years.
How about some videos miss Becky ?? 🤷♂️👍
My father watched your trip and he loved it. Very good trip. He calls it going on a trip. He watches a lot of them and really enjoys them. Thank you for taking him along 😂. He's 95 years old.
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@kathytrimble9008. Awe, that's cute. I'm glad your dad enjoys his trips. Russ is how I plan our trips lol. Enjoy your dad!
I lived in West Virginia for the first nine years of life (born in Welch, lived in Elbert). Very fond memories! Dad worked in the coal mines for 50 years, from ages 16 to 66.
As a child we once vacationed in Myrtle Beach, thus leaving us traveling I-77 South from Cleveland to South Carolina. It was such a backroad experience that my father said, "Never again." In time I-77 was improved and my parents enjoyed Myrtle Beach many times in their retirement. I happen to enjoy traveling the backroads, through small towns, and seeing the beauty of mother nature.
"I Survived the West Virginia Turnpike" t-shirts were sold "back then".
We enjoyed seeing the beauty of the Most High's creations. His mountains are incredible!('mother nature' can't do anything b/c she isn't real...lol). All praise & honor to the Almighty! : )
HalleluYaH! ☺
They have drastically changed 77. I live close to Statesville NC. Where I77 and I40 interchange. They have built big 4 leaf clover bridges and changed it to 3 lanes.
We travel to MB often also.
It was good of you to revisit WV and the coal highways as well as the New River Gorge Bridge. Thank you for including your viewers on this revisit.
My late husband was a equipment operator he worked on the roads in West Virginia and all other roads in USA
What a hard life, To be working under ground, and to go to work every day and hope and pray that you'll get back to fresh air and family. So much of the time it was generations of mining past on father to son. It was a time of different and I think better values. Things never stay the same, constantly changing. West Virginia is beautiful. Thank you for the view.
Thank you for being so kind to West Virginia! I live here born and raised, I can’t show you here but I have one of the coins the way the Coal Miners were paid, my Mom kept it in her coin collection! Bless you on your travels!
Thank you for this. You took me back to my native home of West Virginia. Growing up there was a delight. You do a great deal of good for people transporting them back on these roads of memories. I'm disabled now, a decades-long resident of South Carolina. This way I can visit home again. Thank you so much.
I drive roundtrip from Orlando to Pittsburgh twice a year. I love driving through West Virginia and often take scenic routes for the adventures. West Virginia is beautiful and has fantastic views! Thanks for sharing.
I was born and raised in a small town in West Virginia near beckley. My dad was a Coal miner, so glad you took the time to show that history. It has the best people and the most beautiful scenery anywhere.
It’s so Beautiful even us English come to visit 👍
A friend of mine was a steel worker and he helped build the New River Gorge Bridge. The New River runs north. It is the second oldest River in the world
The most breathtaking state in my opinion. Great video!
You need to travel more then 😂👍
You should see Idaho! Breathtaking!
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West Virginia is the best kept secret…..👍
@@charliehenderson38 I miss certain things about West Virginia but it’s just too bland, not enough diversity for me…the people are friendly though & I miss that about West Virginia, it really was nice to live there for 2 years but growing up in Norfolk & Virginia Beach made moving to West Virginia like going back in time 40 years or so , I just hope they don’t build up too much there making it like most other places but even Charleston & Huntington WV are very country like but to the locals they call it the big city 🤣🤣 even the Meth addicts I worked with in a warehouse was nice guys. 👍
The reason there are so many ATV's on the road is because of the Hatfield and McCoy Trails system in southern WV. There are like 500-600 miles of trails available to ride in like five different trail systems in southern WV. People come from all over to the ride the trails and spend sometimes weeks here riding the trails. They often bring their RV's and camp at ATV resorts. People come from surrounding states and states even further away. The trails bring in a lot of tourism. It's a nationally known trail system.
I watch another UA-cam channel that has a lot on the Hatfield McCoys and does tours on the ATV trails for people.
We Love RVerTV - BEST TV ON UA-cam. Happy Trails - U.S.A. - Russ - RVerTV Fans. Thank you Russ.🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠
A few bit's: Steve Harvey grew up in Welch. Bob Denver (Gilligan) Retired In the Princeton area and later died there. My father's side is from this area. As a kid he would visit. Granny lived in a house that was heated by a coal stove and wood stove in the kitchen for cooking. Best times of my life.
I was born and raised in Nitro WV. Have lots of childhood Memories growing up there, and I love meeting my grandfather at the coal mines when it was time to get off. What I really miss is the 4 season we had at home. I live in New Orleans now it's ok, but I want to go home.
I hope you get the chance to move back to WV.
This Brit used to live in WV for 8 years. 👍
W.V. is a beautiful state! I was there about 8 years ago for a music workshop. The mist on the mtns in the morning was amazing.
Was that in Elkins WV?
Yes it was Elkins.
Sorry I missed your video yesterday. I'm not getting notifications. But I wanted to Thank you for the West Virginia drive. Most UA-camrs avoid West Virginia because of the mountains.It's nice that you weren't afraid of them. As a life long born and raised and Proud Hillbilly I'm very Proud of our history and our land. God Bless
Watching these videos made me so home sick for being back on the road. I bought an RV several years ago and drove cross country...traveled and worked remote for about a year and a half..
got sick during covid and had to sell the RV...now looking forward to getting a converted van and getting back on the road by next year...
nothing like driving around the country and exploring different places! Just love your videos!
Thank you for taking us on an interesting & informative tour with you. We are in Victoria Australia & probably would never has seen or known about these parts of America. So thank you & safe travels
In 1994 on Bridge Day I rappelled from the walkway under the deck down 750 feet. It was in October and the fall colours made the most spectacular view that was divided by the river with the railways running down east side of the river. Rappelled down twice that day. An amazing memory.
West Virginia is one of the most beautiful states in my opinion. It makes me so sad to see all of these historic buildings left behind to fall into ruins. Wish they could be restored and preserved. Thanks for the back road trip through WV. Great job! 👏
You do a much better job of showing what's out there and interest points than the other U TUBERS
Almost Heaven, West Virginia
Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River..
Life is old there, older than the trees
Younger than the mountains, growing like a breeze......
Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain mama
You were so calm and nice when that car pulled out. Now that’s a pleasant driver to be with. Thank you for showing us your politeness! 😊
I remember moving to WVA when I was 10, and I literally did have to learn how to walk differently to navigate those hills. Beautiful state and good people. ❤
❤ Love my Bluefield! The air is sweet.
🎵Take me home, to the place I belong, West Virginia...🎶 Hey Russ, I really enjoyed tagging along with you on your visit to the Mountain State. What I beautiful place! When I retired, my first bucket list trip was to go see The New River Gorge and the Greenbrier Resort to tour the "secret" bunker. A big highlight of that trip was having Lost World Caverns (home of the Bat Boy🙂) all to myself for an hour. If I ever make it back there I'll definitely have to check out the Coal Heritage Byway. Happy trails!
I live 8 miles from Bluefield, WV. My husband and I were looking for UA-cams to watch that were made out west. We really enjoyed seeing your video of Southern WV. We even said if we had known you were coming thru, we would have welcomed you and given you a tour, maybe even a home-cooked meal. Thanks for sharing our beautiful state.
PS. New River Gorge Bridge is painted a rusty color to "blend" with the environment. I wish it was painted blue and yellow.
Actually as I recall the bridge, and I watched it being built, is cor-ten, a steel that oxidizes and forms a protective paint like coating, so it does not require painting.
I am from West Virginia and moved back for retirement. I probably won’t visit a lot of places. Thanks for taking me along on your video tour. It’s almost like being there. The video/audio quality on today’s cameras is amazing.
I feel like im riding front seat along with granpa and he's pointing out all of the oddities on the road as i drift off to sleep . Great trip!
I'm glad you had the opportunity to see my beautiful state of West by God, hope to see you again.
Thank you for taking us all along on this trip! You filmed parts of the state we haven’t seen, and finished with a familiar hike at the New River Gorge. The bonus for us is that you went all the way down those 178 steps - and back up! We gave up less than halfway down when we were there a few years ago, but now we feel like we’ve finished that trek. I pulled out our selfie to compare, and got to relive our own journey.
Nothing better then a country scenic drive to West Virginia. I need a road picture taking vacation! Thank you! 😊
Thank you for taking us on this journey. It was always mine and my late husband's dream to take a trip to Virginia and West Virginia and ride the back roads but we never got to make it. He became sick and ended up passing away before we could. That building you stopped to look at in Itmann was featured in another UA-camr's video. They live up in Virginia and travel to a lot of these places.
What a great state. So much freedom. The people are so nice.
I was probably 5 when the family went to West Virginia. I'd like to go back to Morgantown, as my mom was born there. Thanks for taking us along, Russ.
Wonderful stuff Russ..... Love the whole series!
A lot of small towns or communities are built near the road. That's usually where the land is flattest. It's easier to build down near the road then up in the hillier areas. The roads were usually built in the valleys near the bottom, where the rivers and creeks were. Again because it was flat. Railroads were most often built there too. No roads up on the hillsides or not as many. It's like that all over WV because the whole state is covered with hills. The lay of the hills isolated the towns and made road construction expensive.
Was born in Princeton West Va , it is beautiful
Makes me miss it. So beautiful! A large Swiss population settled the Helvetia, WV area & they still have homes/small cafes there. It's a lovely town just north of where you are on video & some of the homes resemble the cottages on the mountains of Switzerland. Very Swiss.
In WV, they have ATV events/challenges like the Midwest has Rodeos & Tractor Pulls. Also, most can afford an ATV if they cannot maintain a car & it's faster to get around the mountains on the 'snake curving roads' up & down the mountains in an ATV. Not a lot of jobs there as a rule, the ATV's are more economical to use there. Good video!
Thanx for sharing, I was born and raised just down the road from Helvetia. Knew some of the people from Helvetia and Pickens. Eleanor owned and operated the Hute' restaurant in Helvetia. The story of that town would make a History Buff cry. The land was purchased by mail order (amazing). Check it out if interested.😃
West Virginia is so historic and quiet, thanks for the interesting video
Beautiful, i live and work in NC but i have a home in Quinwood WV, it's SO quiet there it's like sleeping in heaven, not even mail delivery. I have a friend in Beckley, Quinwood is down Rt 64 Sandstone Mountain, my home is one of a few with a driveway so yes many have on street parking, some areas and former businesses in shambles after the coal mining slowed down. Hatfield and McCoy trails are super popular there and people come from all over to ride them. Welch had a SERIOUS flood many years ago.
This Country gives billions to illegals who never paid a penny in taxes but LOTS of those people there have hard lives barely making ends meet and they work, shameful in my opinion.
Shameful.politics.WV Senator votes with democrats 95% of the time , so I don't know why West Virginians keep voting for him
We just finished watching this video. Just found your channel yesterday. We were particularly interested in this video because we've been to the New River gorge bridge. Thought I'd pass on a couple of fun facts about the New River that I didn't hear mentioned.
1. The New River is one of the oldest rivers in the world.
2. Out of the hundreds of thousands of rivers on our planet, the New River is one of less than a hundred that flow from South to North.
I'd also like to add that, on the 3rd Saturday in October, there is a New River Gorge Bridge Jump Day where base jumpers will jump off the bridge. Maybe you should plan another trip, where you can kill 2 birds with one stone. That should also be right about peak season to see the areas Fall tree colors. 😀
Loving the channel and looking forward to watching more of your vids.
My grandparents Harley and dessie brown from Pemberton wv received a plack from the governor of West Virginia as being the oldest couple in wva to ever walk all the way across the new river gorge bridge on bridge day which that has been over 20 years ago I'm proud to say I'm from wva myself and my grandparents that used to live in Pemberton wva before they passed away set a record on bridge day and will always be remembered for what they did
BEAUTIFUL WEST VIRGINIA GREW UP IN DANVILLE VIRGINIA ❤❤❤
I have Family living in West Virginia and some years ago my Son and His Wife were able to Visit and they Loved it They visited Myrtle Beach and many more places and have some Wonderful Memories. God Bless My Husband's Family. I think of you Often ❤️❤️❤
Country roads take me home ❤️
I grew up in West Virginia and still live here. I wouldn't live any where else. Almost Heaven West Virginia.
I wish you'd of been aware of and discussed WV Bridgeday. Every year in September people come from around the world to parachute off the New River Gorge Bridge. You should have driven down the gorge and seen the bottom of bridge from the old bridge. It's an amazing drive. I enjoyed the trip with you, even though this is my home and I did grow up here up one of these hollers, ( which you refer to as canyons). Ha!
One charming little town after another! Thanks for sharing!
One awesome video. Thanks for taking us along
I'm so glad you were able to share southern West Virginia and enjoyed your time there.
Please come around anytime. The welcome mat is always out for our Uncle RVer.
Beautiful job Russ! Trees, trees, never too many trees! Safe travels!
My mother grow up in Oak Hill, my oldest brother was born in Oak Hill, and I live with my grandmother and went half my junior year of high school Oak Hill. Road are very narrow and curve. Old fashion people but friendly and most go to church. It was fun roll down hills in summer and sled down in winter. The New River Gorge Bridge they shut down 1 side every year and let people walk across, bungy jump off of. They even had people get married and jump. Not sure if still do. I have lot family around Oak Hill, Beckley, Fayetteville, Mt. Hope areas.
Thank you for posting this amazing video. I left PA in 1959. I've forgotten how beautiful & green the area is back there.
They really have expanded what used to be the Beckley Exhibition mine. At one point in my career in the 70s I did some geologic mapping and a lot of underground coal sample collection. More recently I did some of the latest geologic maps of Park Service properties. During the first period I lived in Rainelle east of the bridge on US 60. I watched the bridge being built and ultimately dedicated. One point most do not realize is coal markets can be divided into two segments Metallurgical and capable of being coked and steam coal for power generation. The New River and Pocahontas coal fields are somewhat different in that they do a specific gravity separation and the lighter coal becomes metallurgical and the heavier becomes steam coal. The metallurgical fraction is literally some of the best in the world and the steam coal is still very low sulfur. That is why it is mostly gone.
The bridge is self protecting cor-ten steel that never needs to be painted and never has been. It was that color when delivered.
I love West Virginia it’s such a gorgeous state extremely underrated.
My Brother ,,
Lived in Shinnston ,, WV..
For over 30 years ,,
He and all his Family !!
He’s passed away !!! Now ‘
I’m enjoying the back roads !!!
Really enjoyed this video except gorge bridge. Quite terrified of bridges. Loved ride through WV. Much history and yet sad to see so many building closures assuming from loss of mining. Hopefully some new industries will help this beautiful state.
Spectacular,
Really uphill task climbing meandering stairs.
Well done.
Yes I thank you for taking me on a beautiful trip through West Virginia enjoyed it very much❤
To Cool For SCHOOL, Driving Thru The Mountain today, with RVerTV Russ. 👍
Really enjoying your videos.never been to WV but heard it was beautiful. Appalations are something else . I'm in Mississippi..if you never been thru the Natchez Trace you should visit .all the beautiful Historic antebellum home.just awesome .
Glad you enjoyed traveling through. If you read this come on back for bridge day. There's lots to do and a spectacular place to stay nearby
A few years ago (pre-lockdown) we visited the coal mine and the bridge. I see that we missed a lot by staying on the major roads.
John Denver loved West Virginia so much He wrote a song about the State after He visited. Song is titled "Country Roads." RIP John.😃
I got lost in the northern border of W Virginia when a big storm knocked out GPS. It sent me through some beautiful areas with large horse ranches and vineyards. Then through the scenic mountain areas. There were a lot of very rural small towns. It took hours and hours to get to the regular highway. Many retired people must have lived there because there was nothing else around for miles on end. No where to work or shop. No gas stations either. A little scary since most of the way I had no GPS or phone service. I followed one big truck that seemed also lost. He actually waved bye when we got to the regular road. 😅
I can’t wait to actually return to the first part of that road, the vineyard and horse ranches area. It was right out of the capital. Different than all the cole mine towns.
The tunnels are pretty cool!
Love this series!
This would be amazinglyrics beautiful in the Fall when all those trees changed color...enjoyed riding with you!
I like small towns and tunnels and the mountains of West Virginia
I have been to the New River Gorge in West Virginia. It was a tough hike to get back to the top on a day when it was 85 degrees.
Hello, RVerTV Russ, Thanks for today's Journey 👍
I don't know where this man is from. However, many states have old buildings and even older than them he's so amazed by.
Thank you soooo much for taking us on the ride with you, I’m scared of heights and therefore can’t drive across mountains or bridges without suffering a huge panic attack but you’ve made it possible for me to enjoy the beautiful scenery like I was there myself ❤
Hi russ thanks for the tour its great seeing small towns an the beautiful old buildings. Cheers mate🇦🇺
The bridge did look as if it could do with some paint !
But in the description / data board , it said it
was " Cor-Ten " steel , which makes its own rust- coloured
coating , so it doesn't need painting.
Neat ! 😊.
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This has been a great video. Would love to see this state sometime soon.
Excellent tour, thank you!! Immense respect for coal miners, they are a whole different breed of tough 💪🏻
I really enjoyed the trip! Thanks for the drive!
My husband repelled off the New River Gorge Bridge when he was 69 years old.
Love this beautiful scenery, plus all the beautiful homes
On several occasions during my high school and college years we traveled to the New River and rafted down the river. Great Trip. I recently learned that the area had become a national park. Definitely a place that is on my list of things to do. You can actually do a tour/hike under the surface of the bridge. We will have to see about that one.
There's free cabins to stay in all along the Appalachian trail. 4 wheeling on the Hatfield and McCoy trails extends through 3 states. 💯🎉🎊
Such a beautiful trip!! Thanks for taking. Us along
I am from Virginia and I have done a lot of work in West Virginia and the people are the nicest people that I have ever had the pleasure of knowing. And know matter where you look in West Virginia your always going to see a mountain
Coffee - check; popcorn - check. So, let's go on a trip :)
I love your vids.This one was so interesting.And the scenery was absolutely gorgeous..Thank you for taking us along with you on your journeys..
you've got a good camera, is it a dash camera ? that makes you one of the better ones documenting their travels , you got the right camera very clear and wide angled, good job, thanks
This is so cool thanks Russ thanks for sharing this
Very nice beautiful place of Verginya USA. Thanks.
Wonderful travels, very interesting your trips, I really enjoyed every one very much. Regards from Greece
Absolutely love it. Thank you for bringing me home for a bit 🙏
Thanks!
thank you for sharing, so awesome
Thank you and God bless you and keep you safe.
I live in Virginia, but grew up and most of my life in Hawaii.
For some reason West Virginia and most of the mountain areas around there have tugged at my soul.
I did one road trip through to Minneapolis for a family member's wedding.
Most of those towns seem to grow out of any fairly wide space in the valleys.
There is so much to see and explore that it seems like a lot of it is bypassed.
The buildings and narrow roads make it hard to just stop anywhere.
I am gearing up to do a few road trips this year if I can pull them off.
What an awesome video my granddaughters live in West Virginia and that is why i watched it really was amazed by the old buildings especially Itmann what beautiful architecture they knew how to design them.
Not only have I rafted the New River under the bridge several times, I’ve also crossed the river on the catwalk under the bridge..great photos from there😎