{"id":11039,"date":"2013-10-21T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-21T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/?p=11039"},"modified":"2013-10-20T10:55:42","modified_gmt":"2013-10-20T14:55:42","slug":"weekend-ramblings-babcock-state-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/archives\/11039","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Ramblings: Babcock State Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After leaving the New River Gorge Bridge, we stopped by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.babcocksp.com\/\">Babcock State Park<\/a>, because despite the overcast day, I figured it would be gorgeous.<\/p>\n<p>It was.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve heard this is the most photographed spot in the state. I find that kinda depressing, since, although the area is gorgeous, the gristmill isn&#8217;t original, but was instead reassembled from others that were taken down.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, there&#8217;s so much non-man-made gorgeous scenery. But, here&#8217;s an obligatory picture of the grist mill, and you can see how gorgeous the area was yesterday.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/10371323046\/\" title=\"20131019_Babcock_024 by Random Michelle, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2864\/10371323046_deee2486e3.jpg?resize=500%2C333\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"20131019_Babcock_024\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/10371320836\/\" title=\"20131019_Babcock_032 by Random Michelle, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3771\/10371320836_fc66ab9f95.jpg?resize=500%2C333\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"20131019_Babcock_032\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We saw, in the short time we were there, two separate wedding shoots.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/10370606126\/\" title=\"20131019_Babcock_063 by Random Michelle, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3816\/10370606126_964bd4fff9.jpg?resize=500%2C333\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"20131019_Babcock_063\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the stream above the mill:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/10371507763\/\" title=\"20131019_Babcock_060 by Random Michelle, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5520\/10371507763_3ebf5d0452.jpg?resize=500%2C333\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"20131019_Babcock_060\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We decided to take the Island in the Sky Trail.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/10371283144\/\" title=\"20131019_Babcock_043 by Random Michelle, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3750\/10371283144_5ba1c7c6a5.jpg?resize=333%2C500\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" alt=\"20131019_Babcock_043\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Climb to an elevation of 2546 feet, and you&#8217;ll find this. <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/10371501483\/\" title=\"20131019_Babcock_053 by Random Michelle, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7406\/10371501483_3585100659.jpg?resize=333%2C500\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" alt=\"20131019_Babcock_053\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was far less surprising, when we discovered there was a road that could bring you to this height, instead of climbing things like this:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/10371497963\/\" title=\"20131019_Babcock_049 by Random Michelle, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7402\/10371497963_29b6d2a22a.jpg?resize=500%2C333\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"20131019_Babcock_049\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Regardless of the shortcut, it was a gorgeous hike up. (Starting elevation was 2260 feet. We made the climb in about half an hour.)<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After leaving the New River Gorge Bridge, we stopped by Babcock State Park, because despite the overcast day, I figured it would be gorgeous. It was. I&#8217;ve heard this is the most photographed spot in the state. 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