Wheeling, West Virginia, on the National Road program
I did something this weekend I hadn’t done in a while. I went on a group walk.
The last time I did a group was during the AVA convention in Dallas a couple of years ago. The group numbered in the 100s and the temperature was in the low 100s. This time the group was 15 and the temperature was in the 40s. We walked in Wheeling, West Virginia, one of the seven cities on the National Road walking program that runs through 2012.
The walk starts at the Visitor and Convention Center that sits adjacent to the bus station. And there is a public parking garage there. Parking rates are low.
After walking along the Ohio River we strolled through the Centre Market. It’s been renovated since the market closed in 1988. It’s where I had had barbecue baked bean soup earlier in the day. Delicious soup!
The downtown part of the city has a lot of Victorian era homes and buildings. I only wish I could have been around back then to see them in all their glory.
We climbed hill after small hill. At one point I got teased about the walk I put on in Nelsonville, Ohio, where there is a humongous hill, but a beautiful view from the top. Here in Wheeling as we climbed one hill, we saw a deer run across the street.
We were nearing the top of the tunnel. Continuing on we reached the intersection where the Mingo Indians wished the settlers good luck and peace. Then we started downhill. That’s when our leader, our state organization president, told us she grew up in Wheeling. No wonder we had good commentary along the way.
Then it was across the suspension bridge and over to the Wheeling casino for a potty break. The casino sits at the edge of a residential neighborhood on Wheeling Island.
Much of the walk went through a poorer section of downtown, a lot of vacancies created when people moved to the suburbs. But one neighborhood had been restored and homes are on the National Register of Historic Places.
Overall, it was a nice day, sightseeing and chatting with people I knew and some I was getting to know. Looking forward to seeing them in St. Clairsville, Cambridge and New Concord in eastern Ohio on three other National Road walks. I’ve done Columbus and Springfield in Ohio which leaves me Vandalia. I get a patch for each walk and will get one for having done ‘em all.
The National Road Program is a project of the Ohio Volkssport Association. It has drawn about 100 people so far. And 28 people have walked all seven events.
I did something this weekend I hadn’t done in a while. I went on a group walk.
The last time I did a group was during the AVA convention in Dallas a couple of years ago. The group numbered in the 100s and the temperature was in the low 100s. This time the group was 15 and the temperature was in the 40s. We walked in Wheeling, West Virginia, one of the seven cities on the National Road walking program that runs through 2012.
The walk starts at the Visitor and Convention Center that sits adjacent to the bus station. And there is a public parking garage there. Parking rates are low.
After walking along the Ohio River we strolled through the Centre Market. It’s been renovated since the market closed in 1988. It’s where I had had barbecue baked bean soup earlier in the day. Delicious soup!
The downtown part of the city has a lot of Victorian era homes and buildings. I only wish I could have been around back then to see them in all their glory.
We climbed hill after small hill. At one point I got teased about the walk I put on in Nelsonville, Ohio, where there is a humongous hill, but a beautiful view from the top. Here in Wheeling as we climbed one hill, we saw a deer run across the street.
We were nearing the top of the tunnel. Continuing on we reached the intersection where the Mingo Indians wished the settlers good luck and peace. Then we started downhill. That’s when our leader, our state organization president, told us she grew up in Wheeling. No wonder we had good commentary along the way.
Then it was across the suspension bridge and over to the Wheeling casino for a potty break. The casino sits at the edge of a residential neighborhood on Wheeling Island.
Much of the walk went through a poorer section of downtown, a lot of vacancies created when people moved to the suburbs. But one neighborhood had been restored and homes are on the National Register of Historic Places.
Overall, it was a nice day, sightseeing and chatting with people I knew and some I was getting to know. Looking forward to seeing them in St. Clairsville, Cambridge and New Concord in eastern Ohio on three other National Road walks. I’ve done Columbus and Springfield in Ohio which leaves me Vandalia. I get a patch for each walk and will get one for having done ‘em all.
The National Road Program is a project of the Ohio Volkssport Association. It has drawn about 100 people so far. And 28 people have walked all seven events.
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