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<\/a><\/p>\nIt felt great to leave her at an Airstream dealer that actually had Airstreams on the lot!<\/p>\n
I headed back to the motel, which they describe as “classic”.<\/p>\n
I think another way to describe it would be “old”.<\/p>\n They do offer a “continental breakfast”. The offerings were rather meager, though. I’ve never seen a breakfast bar that didn’t even have cereal. If you look carefully, you can see one banana in the basket on the left end of the counter.<\/p>\n I suppose I could have gone across the street to the Waffle House, though.<\/p>\n It was just for a couple of days, though. Before long, I was on the way to West Virginia.<\/p>\n West Virginia! Finally! I was going to be able to put\u00a0that sticker on my map. My destination was Beckley, West Virginia. I had booked a campsite on the hill above the Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine.<\/p>\n How clever of the city to put in a campground! It was small but the sites were level and easy enough to get into. They were also full hook up sites and there were trash cans at each site. At only $25 a night, it was a good deal.<\/p>\n I took care of some tasks of daily living – I did my laundry and restocked the larder. I love the things I see when I’m out shopping.<\/p>\n The growler says, “Beer is made from barley and hops. Barley and hops are plants, therefore beer is salad”.<\/p>\n You can’t argue with logic like that.<\/p>\n I also went to church.<\/p>\n I snapped this photo because I liked this girl’s jacket that was covered with dogs. We had a nice little chat about it after mass. It turns out that she has a friend who had a backpack made of the same material.<\/p>\n I liked this group project that seemed to be a decorative cover for the HVAC equipment.<\/p>\n Although my main purpose for visiting Beckley was to actually stay in West Virginia, I decided to see what I could see at the Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine, without paying the admission fee.<\/p>\n I mean, I have been in a lot of mines. I wasn’t in the mood to see another one.<\/p>\n There was the camp store, which had a gift shop – naturally – and some displays.<\/p>\n This was the boss’ house.<\/p>\n This was a miner’s house. These houses were known as “Jenny Linds” and they were three or four room no-frills houses. I wondered why they were called “Jenny Linds” so I looked it up<\/a>. The article doesn’t discuss where the name comes from, but it give you more information, if you are interested.<\/p>\n Here’s the front elevation of the house.<\/p>\n Of course a mining community would need a church<\/p>\n and a school.<\/p>\n There was also a children’s museum on the campus, but it was closed on the day I visited.<\/p>\n I thought this was an innovative use of an old newspaper box. I love seeing the Little Libraries when I travel around.<\/p>\n And that was about it for my visit to West Virginia. Just one thing left to do.<\/p>\n Put on the sticker!<\/p>\n Forty states down!<\/p>\n Eight to go!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n My next goal was to get some issues addressed with Flo the Airstream. I left Appomattox Courthouse and got to Out-of-Doors Mart in Colfax, North Carolina in time to drop her off before I went to check into the motel. 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