This mill is in Babcock State Park, Wood County, in the great state of West Virginia. Oh wait. I may have to take that back. This cabin is NOT in Wood County, WV but I want Wood County should stick in your head, already. Wood County holds the city of Parkersburg and the city park with the Cooper cabin . . . and many of your Granny's (and your) ancestors lived here. The Vaughans, definitely, the Vaughans. The Wests, Barnetts, Mayhews maybe and the Coopers . . . oh there's more! Don't get me started!
There was a lot of stone and cement work in Babcock State Park and it dates back to the 1930s.
Himself and I stayed in this little cabin in Babcock State Park. We managed to stay in three different cabins on our weeklong road trip. This cabin was my favorite as it had a little screened sitting porch. The evening was cool and after a long drive, it was good to sit out in the cool night air and relax.
The first cabin at North Bend State Park up by Parkersburg, had two bedrooms, a regular kitchen, a living room, TV, fire place -- the works!
The cabin above was one room and a bath, with the sitting porch. It had bunk beds but they were double-size bunk beds so a family with 3 or 4 children could stay here. Mom and Dad in one bunk and three or four children in the other! It had a stove, refrigerator and sink. This was built during the Great Depression by a CCC crew. (I think the CCC will be a story for another day.) Anyway, things were old and "made do" in this cabin. Hinges too big for the particular window, for example -- but they worked. They got the job done.
The third cabin was just a bedroom and a bath. It was in Southern Illinois and was really nice but there was no kitchen, no sitting porch nor TV. Still, for the cost of a motel room, a nice place to stay.
oh say, can you tell I like cabins?
Can you tell I like West Virginia?
1 comment:
I like cabins too!
I was hoping to hear where you stayed after you sent that picture by phone.
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