"Almost Heaven"

Heading south, there's this place in Ohio where you cross over a handsome blue steel bridge into West Virginia. The mountains are a stark contrast after a hundred miles of Ohio's beautiful rolling farm land.

Ohio is neat, orderly, prosperous. By contrast, West Virginia is...well, I guess you could say it's scrappy. It's a rough around the edges kind of place, ramshackle in spots, pristine in others. It's a place where a couple of young bucks mix it up in a bar fight on Saturday night, and sit with each other in church on Sunday morning.

It also has some of the most spectacular scenery in America.



Heading south, it means my home is very near. But don't take my word for it. Go and visit. Their license plates sum it up pretty well; Wild, Wonderful.