Into the "Mountain State"





As we were already southeast of Pittsburgh we just hit highway 51 near Madison to the south to Uniontown and then on 43 to Morgantown, West Virginia. Again we enjoyed some of the nicest road surfaces we have seen and a really pleasant drive.

 

Out of Morgantown then we reluctantly hit I-79 ... boring interstate, but functional, and ended up after about a 200 mile day in Flatwoods where we stayed a few years ago. For those of you looking at the hotel below, you are saying, "OK why the hotel?"

 

The way into the KOA in Flatwoods brings you to this hotel where the sign tells you register at the desk if you are going into the RV park; really unique.

 



 

 

But once in and you go down a steep hill, you then rise about 200 feet to the upper park shown below. There are about 20 pull-thru spaces up there and the scenery is beautiful. Temp is about 60 during the day and 40 at night. The sites are level gravel and quite long.

 

 



In the morning the sun really highlighted the hills in the distance.

Upon departure you are greeted by this view. Even in a car this slope would be intimidating. The road surface is great and if you just go slow it's not bad, but it was the steepest downhill for about 200 feet that we have ever encountered.

Beautiful park though, well maintained, and extremely quiet. For the hikers there are many trails that originate near the parking spaces. At the exit to the interstate here is a really large fuel stop and many other food and shopping places.