I rode from Carlisle PA to Cass and Marlinton WV using the entire length of WV Route 28, (except for the bit north of Springfield). Crossing the Potomac at Old Town, Maryland on the narrow toll bridge into West Virginia, I paid my 25-cents by dropping it into a cup attached to the end of the tollgate keeper's stick. Round trip is a bargain: 50-cents.
Okay, I figured out how to upload photos into the forum's Photo Gallery, rather than thumbnails here. I posted about 20 or 30 photos; I lost count because I had to delete duplicates and such!
Oh, the West Virginia hills! How majestic and how grand,
With their summits bathed in glory, Like our Prince Immanuel's Land!
Is it any wonder then, That my heart with rapture thrills,
As I stand once more with loved ones On those West Virginia hills?
CHORUS:
Oh, the hills, beautiful hills, How I love those West Virginia hills!
If o'er sea o'er land I roam, Still I'll think of happy home,
And my friends among the West Virginia hills.
Oh, the West Virginia hills! Where my childhood hours were passed,
Where I often wandered lonely, And the future tried to cast;
Many are our visions bright, Which the future ne'er fulfills;
But how sunny were my daydreams On those West Virginia hills!
CHORUS:
Oh, the West Virginia hills! How unchang'd they seem to stand,
With their summits pointed skyward To the Great Almighty's Land!
Many changes I can see, Which my heart with sadness fills;
But no changes can be noticed In those West Virginia hills.
(While I had to look these lyrics up, I remembered most of them from learning them in first grade. Which was 47 years ago).
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