We wanted to travel along Route 250 out of
Staunton, VA and into West Virginia. The road was
initially built while the two states were still one. All along Rt.250 are numerous Civil War sites, as the area was fought over to determine what the western counties would do. (They went to the Union and became West Virginia in 1863). At the top of one of the mountains (at 4,000 feet) is the remains of a Confederate camp...Camp Allegheny. Going there was the purpose of our trip. But I had to scrape the snow and ice off the roadside signs to read about it, and then we looked up the road to the camp. Still had 2 miles to go, on an unbroken trail. We decided to save it for a summer's day!!! It is also hunting season. Signs advised us to wear orange, and we didn't have any. We chose not to be mistaken for
someone's dinner......
Camp Allegheny would have been atop one of these mountains.
These are views from Rt. 33 in West Virginia looking down into the valley. The mountains are unbelievably beautiful.
This photograph shows snow showers in progress.
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