Aug 20-22

I was wondering why the attractions were not so "busy",
and there were no waits for lunch or dinner.
The shot below was at 1:00 on a Wed.

We went on a tour boat ride of Deep Creek.. this is the parking deck at 5:45pm

And the reason for the "slow" business
MANY of these "second" homes are for sale...
My wife was talking to one person at WISP and they said when the realtor changed the policy to rent for only a few days
 were they able to afford to come for just 2 days.

WISP mountain resorts
About 800K each and gee.. many for sale !

We also ventured to another "vacation home" site by Spike Construction
The sign dated 2005 with "sites for sale" had all but 4 or so taken with houses on
the lots.  Basically an empty development.  Lot prices of course have dropped or "best offer".
 At the top of WISP is a new cafeteria.
Basically the "sales office" that occupied the entire building is just a room or two and
the rest is this new cafeteria / bathroom.
A flyer we checked out for a house at the top, 1.3 million
and that's a "vacation" home . . . . . .
it looked as 1/6 of the homes were for sale.

Up WISP mountain.  This is the coaster
that you can ride down.  This is the road UP !

You can run the "zip lines" a new attraction

In order to get up the mountain side to go down the
zip lines.. escalator, of course


 

What's a zip line.. going from point A to B via "wire"

WISP now has a Segway tour.  Yep, these go up the mountain.

New attraction - go carts.  Up the hills they stress, but once up there
you ride all over the place.  The big tires and springs are needed !

WISP now offers "white water rafting"
2 hours for a reasonable fee
A "monster" circular water ride.  A retention pond, ride up an escalator, then down and around !

And if you think this is an easy ride, just as we  finished shooting.. a wipe out of a raft. 
Everyone got back in and finished that ride.

Our favorite pizza place
Mountain State Brewing

Now you know why it's my favorite pizza place... and yes, the pizza is fabulous !  !
Do NOT miss this place...  great sunsets too !

Morgantown, WV
Not much to say about the Main Street


 

The WV University is part of the town.  So are a few "clubs"

Drane House - 1797
First house in the county.  One story and loft.
Big time back then...
Infrared shot

An old unused bridge on the way to Accident, MD
IR shot

On our way to West Virginia we came across a hillside of 12 wind turbines
Even with very little wind, these babies were spinning pretty good !

In West Virginia we saw "the smallest church in 48 states"
I'd have to agree

Aug. 18th

Boat tour of Deep Creek - 7PM Tues.
Just one small section of the lake

Wed., off to see Swallow Falls - Bruce and Kristin

Lots of trees... On the right bottom.. the river and then the falls

On one side of this narrow walkway to the falls are trees... the other side rocks !

We were told of a great brewery just a few miles from Deep Creek.  Great food and brews
Plus the best place for sunsets !

Almost gone !

Night has fallen again . . .

Aug. 17th, 2010
 

It finally cleared up to see the mountains.

We've been seeing two lights in the hills, between the trees.
This is house 1 with a 500mm lens


 

This is house 2 with a 500mm lens

These are the only two houses out here.  We're about 6 miles from Deep Creek.  Otherwise.. this would be $2500 a week
rental if this was less then a mile from the lake.

Our sunset view...

 

See, they are not so backwards out here !

Shot of our little cabin in the woods... satellite and DSL !
And as I said, there are NO lights around. Even finding the break in the
metal guardrail for the driveway at night is difficult.

But we have a well stocked frig for any events !

Deep Creek Lake, MD

Our little cabin in the woods, built 2008.

A deck for breakfast or coffee

It has a basement with TV and fooball table, 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms (two up, one down)