{"id":12194,"date":"2015-04-12T10:30:23","date_gmt":"2015-04-12T14:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/?p=12194"},"modified":"2015-04-12T10:30:23","modified_gmt":"2015-04-12T14:30:23","slug":"weekend-travels-droop-mountain-and-beartown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/archives\/12194","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Travels: Droop Mountain and Beartown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday was beautiful, so we headed south for Droop Mountain and Beartown State Parks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Droop Mountain<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.droopmountainbattlefield.com\/\">Droop Mountain<\/a> is the site of the last major Civil War battle in West Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>I can really only handle a small amount of thinking about war and death and misery, so it was a short visit.<\/p>\n<p>The view is gorgeous, though,<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/16933716538\" title=\"20150411_Droop_Mountain by Michelle Klishis, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7611\/16933716538_6170408118.jpg?resize=500%2C160&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"500\" height=\"160\" alt=\"20150411_Droop_Mountain\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Confederate Graves<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/17121487605\" title=\"20150411_Droop_Mountain_008 by Michelle Klishis, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8784\/17121487605_0f216ebdc7.jpg?resize=500%2C333&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"20150411_Droop_Mountain_008\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The museum is where I really started to get depressed.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/16935299949\" title=\"20150411_Droop_Mountain_012 by Michelle Klishis, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8814\/16935299949_dfeee76e81.jpg?resize=500%2C333&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"20150411_Droop_Mountain_012\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/16499036044\" title=\"20150411_Droop_Mountain_010 by Michelle Klishis, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7703\/16499036044_e2bb1a1a17.jpg?resize=500%2C333&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"20150411_Droop_Mountain_010\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Beartown<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Location: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beartownstatepark.com\/\">Beartown State Park<\/a><br \/>\nDistance: <a href=\"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015-04-11_Beartown.html\">0.7 mile<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Luckily, just down the road is Beartown State Park, which is a 0.7 mile boardwalk through some pretty fascinating rock formations.<\/p>\n<p>The boardwalk is really nice.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/17095605046\" title=\"20150411_Beartown_010 by Michelle Klishis, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7638\/17095605046_6ff5bbd421.jpg?resize=400%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"400\" height=\"500\" alt=\"20150411_Beartown_010\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/17120005782\" title=\"20150411_Beartown_011 by Michelle Klishis, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8705\/17120005782_b7e1ed9274.jpg?resize=400%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"400\" height=\"500\" alt=\"20150411_Beartown_011\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/17120900871\" title=\"20150411_Beartown_021 by Michelle Klishis, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7700\/17120900871_9f33f9613f.jpg?resize=333%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" alt=\"20150411_Beartown_021\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/17120894781\" title=\"20150411_Beartown_018 by Michelle Klishis, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7631\/17120894781_21988a4643.jpg?resize=400%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"400\" height=\"500\" alt=\"20150411_Beartown_018\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This was a lovely walk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday was beautiful, so we headed south for Droop Mountain and Beartown State Parks. Droop Mountain Droop Mountain is the site of the last major Civil War battle in West Virginia. I can really only handle a small amount of thinking about war and death and misery, so it was a short visit. 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