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In lima, I also enjoyed the benefit of 7 day banking at the branch in the grocery across the street! I loved the beauty of the area, but those damn winters are just too much. The weekend we arrived in 1977, there was a storm that left us with over 4 feet of snow, by saturday night. Of course, we got up on sunday and drove to church on cleared roads. The problem came into my VW camper bus, though. The windows had frost inside, from our breath. It took me two weeks to get a gas heater installed.

Yes, this is a beautiful area, but you're correct that the winters can be bad. You arrived in Lima during the Blizzard of '77, a legendary lake effect storm!

I am almost in heaven now. West-by-God-Virginia!

I just spent 4 days in the Buckhannon area chaperoning my son's football team on a team building/bonding trip. We stayed in the dorms at West Virginia Wesleyan. Football workouts in the morning, Sutton Lake outings in the afternoons, cookouts and bonfires at Coaches cabin near Rock Cave off of Route 4. You're right, you are almost in heaven! My wife's Dad is from Fairmont.

You're right, you are almost in heaven!

I still have places in NC, NM, and AZ, with NC being my birthplace.

But, I love these hills. I am just an hour from the DC beltway. I love to visit there. But, I can drive just 25 minutes and paddle my kayak in a 3 1/2 mile man-made lake (WV has NO natural lakes. I am told!), and share the view with a dozen or less folk, most weekdays. Most times I don't see another person.

I get screeched at by osprey, and hear all sorts of frogs. I have walked up on deer and coyote. I have yet to meet a bear, but spot makes plenty of noise.

I take Spot running almost every day. He is a 2 yr old Dal pup. It keeps him tired enough at the end of the day, so the house is intact. I walk 3-4 miles on the ridges, and try to dodge the ticks! I got Lyme disease in VA in 1994.

Life is good whenever you decide to just live it...