Life Rocks when your living room rolls
There is a reason West Virginia is known for Almost Heaven, the landscapes are breathtaking. Driving to Canaan Mountain Resort had many inclines and declines. Even though the fuel gauge didn't like it the views were pretty awesome. Once we got to our site and were backing in we realized we had to be far enough back so the slide was in behind the water spout. As well, we were on a slab so we had to position it to have the stairs be on the slab as well (at least that is what we had believed). Once we have it all leveled, Chris detaches from the truck and we begin to set up. Within 10 minutes Chris asked if I could come see him. I get to the back of the camper where he is setting up the hose for the black/gray tank. The water and electricity are plugged in but where the dump hose goes is all the way in front of both and our 20' hose can't make it to the drain. This is when we should have taken a bit to unwind before we started thinking of ideas. Immediately we started throwing ideas back and forth. We came to the reason it was what it was, there was no way it was going to work. We decided to see if the store had something or if we would have to just use the gray holding tank sparsely and flush when we left the park. The campground also has showers so if needed we could use them. I go back to finish getting things set up feeling annoyed. Once done I walked up to the store to see if they had anything. They only sold a 10’ hose and I could not reason to buy that when we only needed 2’ and this will probably not happen enough to carry that extra hose around. I walk back to the camper and know I am a bit crabby from all of this and need to give myself a timeout. While Chris is giving me my space I can’t stop thinking about how there has to be a way to make the hose fit. I go outside and ask Chris, do the stairs have to be on the slab? If we move the camper as far over to the left that may give us enough room so the slide won’t hit the water spout and we can pull it just to the electrical box which should bring us enough forward to be able to connect to the drain. We decided to give it a try. Now that we have everything set up it is a huge pain in the ass to move but we pull the slide in, bring up the stabilizers, bring the stairs in, connect to the truck, and move it to the other side of the slab. I measure the distance to the water spout and it is going to fit! We checked the stairs and they work just fine especially with the welcome mat being under them. We get the camper leveled, disconnect from the truck, stabilizers down and I go look to be sure everything is still in its place inside. All is good and I am in a much better mood now that we have full hookups. After all of that, we made for a quiet night at the campground. We made some dinner, sat by the fire, and enjoyed the peace and quiet of the campground. Well besides the air stream just up from us whose air conditioner was so loud and really unnecessary as it was about 60 degrees out. We head inside around 9 p.m. to get ready for a much-needed sleep. The next day was going to be a chill day as Chris worked. While I was outside enjoying my coffee I heard something in the woods across from us. After watching to see what it was I saw deer walking towards our camper. They were just walking through even though there were people that were walking around. They crossed the road just past our camper and ate right next to it for a while until they kept going and found their way back into the woods. Once he finished his day we went up to Canaan Mountain Resort just up the road from the campground. With our reservations, they give us access to the pool, hot tub, and gym. There is usually a $7 fee to use it but since it was around 5:30 the guy just let us go in. We took a dip in the pool, did a few laps then over to the hot tub we went. It was so nice to just soak and relax. After sitting in the truck as much as we had been the muscles were not upset about this either. After about an hour we got dried up and headed back to the truck. While going back to the campground we saw a swing with an overlook behind so we stopped to take a few pictures. They even have a stand to put your phone on and use a timer to capture a pic. It was fantastic because when Chris went to sit on the seat I moved it in a way that made him fall. That didn’t stop the timer so the picture is a classic of me laughing my ass off. The rest of the evening was another typical quiet night. Dinner, fire, and bed. To make us sound even older this bedtime is always 9 p.m. But to our defense, we are up at 5:30 - 6 to workout. The next morning we skipped the workout so Chris could hop on early and end his day at 3:30. Once he was done we went to start our afternoon of hikes. Our first “hike” was to Blackwater Falls. This was only a 0.4-mile walk with stairs and a path to get to see the falls. It was a beautiful fall but there were quite a few people around so we didn’t stick around long. We had to drive a few miles to get to the trailhead of our next hike. We find the parking and get ourselves ready for the 4.6 miles we had ahead. It actually was way easier than what we are used to. There wasn’t much of any incline so it was nice to be able to enjoy the scenery a bit more. We passed a small fall once we started out and the end was looking at Blackwater Falls from the other side. There were a few trees that blocked from seeing it all but it was cool to see it from another view. We sit and enjoy a snack and a drink before we start the trek back to the truck. The sun was in a perfect place shining through the trees making it even more amazing. As we are walking we come up to these 2 bucks who are not even 10 feet from us. They allow us to enjoy them as they graze and one even licks the other’s antlers. It was unreal. I still look at the video in just awww.
We make our way back to the truck and hop back in to finish with one more small hike. This trail is about 4 miles up a curvy road but we found a parking spot, a little more up the road than we needed as we found there was a parking lot right at the start of the trailhead but all was good. We walked the 0.7 miles to Libby Point Overlook and it is just gorgeous. It is the gully of mountains and a drop right at your feet. There are a couple of wonderful rocks that extend up creating such a magnificent view. We captured many photos and enjoyed a beautiful sunset finishing our last drink and snacks we had. Just before it is too dark to not see we make our way back to the truck. We had a change of clothes so we got out of our hiking attire so we could go grab something to eat. We had a spot we wanted to go try but once we got there they were closed so we went to a place just across the street. We went to the bar and found some seats. While sitting there we were talking about a recent Instagram post I made and the guy sitting next to us asked if we were famous. Of course we are! I have to play along. We chatted with him for a bit and explained our story. He is from Pennsylvania here with a few friends for a motorcycle trip. We ordered some food as we waited another guy sat next to Chris. He starts chatting with him and finds out he is a local. He is a biologist and was quite an interesting gentleman. He tells us about a trip to Arizona he is going on and will be sleeping in the desert in a few months. He had a few in him but he was trying to convince us to come along. While chatting he mentioned he harvested and hands us a jar, "if you would like to sample some of it" he says. Haha, I didn’t want to be rude so I accepted and grabbed some. He then offers to pay for our drinks and hands the bartender the money for them. We pay the remaining, thank him and say farewell. It has been a long day and I was looking forward to my bed and remembering the wonderful day we just had. The next day was a travel day and we woke up to rain. We didn’t have a long drive so we didn’t have to leave until checkout which was noon. We decided to go use the gym at the resort so we got ready and drove up. Nobody was at the desk so we used the key to get ourselves in. After our hour workout, we run to the truck because it is still raining and head back to the camper. We get showered and dressed and make some breakfast. We sit around relaxing hoping to see the rain stop. Unfortunately, at 11:15 Chris has to head out with an umbrella to start pick up. I do my indoor stuff until I have to make my way outside to pick up the last of the items. Luckily it had started to slow down so it wasn’t as bad as it had been. Everything is all connected and ready to go and at 12:02 we head out to our overnight stop at a Harvest Host to break up our drive. We had a 3.5-hour drive and weren’t trying to get to the Seventh Avenue Baptist Church too early so we stopped at Bahnhof WVrstheus & Biergarten. There was a Marshall football game that day so everyone, I seriously mean everyone was in Green. Well besides Chris who was in red which just so happened to be the team they played, Virginia Tech color. I had to laugh, he couldn’t have planned that if he tried. We each had an amazing schnitzel sandwich. We could only eat half so we both took the leftovers so we could have them the next day. We also got dessert to take home. That thing we were able to cut them into quarters and ate them for 2 days afterward. While at the restaurant Paster Bob had called to see what time we would be there. We had told him 6 so we headed there around 5:45. He was waiting in his car when we pulled in. We parked in the back parking lot behind the church. It was a kind of run-down neighborhood but he assured us it was safe. He asked if he could show us around the sanctuary. We agreed since we were staying on his property for free for the night. He was a neat guy. He answered questions I had and showed us all around. He had been at this church for over 40 years which I found interesting. Once we had done the walk around he offered us to come to Sunday Service in the morning but we had explained we had a long drive and were going to need to be on the road by 8 am. We all walked back towards the parking lot and said our goodbyes and off he went. We went to the camper and made sure it was all set in place for the evening. Since we stayed connected to the truck we didn’t pull the slide out and slept on the dinette. We sat outside just for a little bit then we put everything away, locked up, and headed inside to watch Jumanji 2 before heading to bed. In the morning we were up by 6 to shower and get ready. Chris made us French Press coffee and I made breakfast. Put the items away that we used, and made sure everything was in place. We walked over to the door so I could put the envelope in the drop box with a small donation we made to the church. Once back at the camper we jump in the truck and are off for a 3.5 hour drive to the next stop.
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