Thursday, March 4, 2010

Almost Heaven, West Virginia

 
This is a picture off my mom's back porch. She lives in West Virginia (where I grew up) and I just love this shot..
The river is called the Coal River. It dumps into the Kanawha River which goes to
the Ohio River which then empties into the mighty Mississippi. Coal River got its name due to a coal mine at the mouth of the river emptying all of the coal dust into it and the river turning black. The mine has been closed for decades but the name stayed.
Posted by Picasa

4 comments:

  1. Beautiful scenery and a lovely song.

    ReplyDelete
  2. The coal dust probably stuck around for a while, too...

    Nice shot!

    ReplyDelete
  3. Hi Neva! Still all that snow? We had enough rain for the next year... ;)
    Lovely shot!!

    Blogtrotter 2 has moved to the Reggae Land. Enjoy and have a great week ahead!!

    ReplyDelete
  4. That's a very nice view!
    Still having all that snow?

    ReplyDelete

I am glad you stopped in!