Tour of the WV Compound

For the last weekend in March, we had some nice weather. Lizz and I and my parents took a day trip that Sunday to tour our West Virginia land for the first time since buying it. We got the land with the long term intention of building a weekend house but for the next few years we plan to use it for camping.


This is the view from the spot where we plan to build. It is also where we will probably park our camper van. Our lot is on a long ridge, and this the very end before a steep 200' drop off. The green ridge in the distance is North Mountain, which is the ridge that forms the west wall of the Shenandoah Valley.


This is looking back the other direction to the lot itself. Before the land was put up for sale, the entire development was opened up for logging. This meant a free 3 mile road to access these lots. Surprisingly, the loggers did not take many trees, and the lot is still well forested. As you can see there it a lot of detritus laying around that I will have to clean up. At least that means I get to buy a real chain saw. On this trip, we also figured out that the loggers beat a truck wide path from the private road back to our planned building site. This should give us adequate access for SUV, truck, and motorbike, and we can avoid paving a driveway for a while.


Here we are down at the river. There is a nice picnic area with a fire pit, and a good place to put a canoe in the river.


Lizz is enjoying the great weather and the lovely Cacapon River.


Here is when the dogs first discovered the river.


As usual, Sammy just waded in to cool off a bit. This was Benny's first time around water. He plunged in and swam around for real.


Sammy is breaking in to a nice run up the bank. Benny is still enjoying his swim.


And one more look at that view. I will post more pictures when we get our camp set up.