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Things to Pack for West Virginia Cabin Trip
House lock up checklist
- Vivint Panel - reboot it Day before
- Router Internet - Reboot it Day before
- Outdoor cameras - clean lenses
- Water heater vacation mode
- Ceiling fans off
- Trash - take with
- Toy box outside - put in garage
- VIMTAG camera - get working
- Lamp on timer - adjust times.
- Timer light - upstairs turn on
- Mail - neighbor
- COPY MP4 movies to IPAD OR Chromebook
- Dash cam hookup
- hide / secure all valuables
- fishing bait?
- buy: Protein bars, shaker cup, pasta salad, GNC protein get free shake cup
- . Bug spray
- Bicycle lights new battery
Food
- hot dogs -frozen
- hamburgers - 2
- cheese
- buns
- ketchup
- chip clips
- spaghet
- meatballs
- red sauce
- sprinkle cheese
- garlic powder
- baked beans - can
- corn on cob
- FRUIT: apples, banansa
- TEA bags
- sugar
- Vegetables -frozen?
- Cereal
- butter
- salt
- jelly?
- MEDICINE, ibuprofin, inhalers
- Smores things
- Marsh mellows
- Chocolate
- Graham crackers
- Pretzels or chips
- Granola bars or Nutri grain bars
- Kitchen Supplies
- Zip lock bags -extra
- Trash bags
- TP
- Paper towels
- Lunch food
- pitas and or bread
- american chees
- lunchables?
- ham andor turkey
- DAD'S CAMPFIRE SNACKS
- Apple sliced, raisins, brown sugar, +butter - wrap in alum foil - cook over fire 10 mins, eat with granola.
- Pillsbury Cinnamon rolls - refrigerated.
Misc Items
- calamine lotion
- eye drops Visine
- AA and AAA extra batts for PC mouse
- Jacket or windbreaker
- Sunscreen
- Swim suits,
- Sunglasses
- ball cap, sun hat
- Pool toys, goggles, noodle
- Walkie talkies
- Hiking boots or old sneakers
- back pack, green book bag
- Hiking poles
- WHITE FAN
- Ant traps
- Bug and ant RAID
- air freshener spray
- wash cloths / rags
- a Night Light
- Lazer tag
- Rubiks cube
Dennis
- Man purse - all items
- Scrub brush - for cleaning hiking boots, and bikes.
- Multiple Cameras: old Digital Cam, GoPro.
- All GoPro accessories. +batteries.
- TRIPOD - for camera - large Tripod
- Packing tape - clear
- Rag - for car windows.
- leg warmers, cold bike clothes
- Fishing Rod 1, plus fishing gear
- PROTEIN Mix
- Skratch power mix
- 2 Water bottles
- Shaker protein cup
- Cycling food: CLIFF bars
- Protein bars
- FIREWOOD Kindling - YES, NEED THIS!
- Paper -or Newspaper - firestarter
- Radio - small size
- GARMIN speedometer and Cable
- GOPRO and extra battery and chip/reader
- HP Laptop, case, mouse, power chord
- PAPER plain white
Biking and Hiking stuff
- Giant bike
- bike cover
- helmet, shoes - 2 pair
- Floor pump
- bike tools, rags, lube, extra Tubes, inflator
- Halt spray
- Garmin VIRB mount - take from Trek bike
- SUN screen
- OAKleys
- - Rubber boots, in case for stream crossings.
- Bike Jersey 2
- Bike shorts 2
- Bike socks
- Red flashy light and charge cable
- Fishing gear
- AA and AAA batteries extra
- Hiking boots -everyone
- Trekking / hiking poles
- Green backpack , pocket knife, zip lock bags, etc.
- Fire starter
- Candle
- whistle
- FIRST AID KIT
- Multi Tool
- Flashlight - white/ bright one
- Backpackers 10 essentials list
- See: Ten Essentials List on Wikipedia
- Navigation: map, compass, altimeter, GPS device, personal locator beacon (PLB) etc
- FLASHLIGHT! (AA batts) or Headlamp: plus extra batteries - my White flashlight
- Sun protection: sunglasses, sun-protective clothes and sunscreen
- First aid: including foot care and insect repellent (as needed)
- Knife: plus a gear repair kit
- Fire: matches, lighter, tinder and/or stove
- Shelter: carried at all times (can be a light emergency plastic /bivy)
- Extra food: Beyond the minimum expectation
- Extra water: Beyond the minimum expectation
- Extra clothes: Beyond the minimum expectation
- BONUS: Bug spray
- Other: GPS garmin (large size )
Sight Seeing Options
Hiking and Sight seeing options.
2023 Fall Ideas:
HIKING:
___ Freeland Road - Rocky Ridge Trail: 8-9 miles Out n Back.
https://www.alltrails.com/explore/trail/us/west-virginia/rocky-ridge-from-freeland-road?mobileMap=false&ref=sidebar-static-map
___ GET A PERMIT (to hike/ park before Freeland Road.) At Nature center - near Canaan Valley BBQ Rte. 32.
___ Idea: Park 1 car at Freeland Rd. (optional: have DG ebike inside car.) Then all 3 hikers drive to Bear Rocks parking lot.
Backpack (long) 1 or 2 days to Freeland Rd. Drive back to Cabin.
Then DG take his E-bike to Rte 32 to FR 75 to Bear Rocks - and retrieve Car.
___ Gravel / Mtn bike loop: Job - Still Hollow Spirits (30 mins from Davis) - park there - then ride south to Gandy/ Grusk loop. Or out n back on Dry Fork Rd (gravel.)
___ Clockwise loop: Gravel + Pavement: Job start - south to Gandy - then can veer SE to Whitmer Rd (paved uphill - along a creek) - then Right on ____
then Right on Dry Fork Rd (downhill North along creek.)
___ From Travis at Mountain Rides LLC:
Whitmer Road is paved from Harman to about 2 miles past Whitmer, where it turns to a Forest Road and is gravel until you get to Spruce Knob Lake.
Dry Fork Road is mostly gravel until the last couple miles at the bottom. Riding the loop clockwise is amazing.
There is a nice gravel road from Parsons to Elkins which follows the Shaver's Fork of the Cheat River...a rail trail is also in the area and
runs from Parsons to Elkins. The climb from Stuart Recreation Area near Elkins up to Bickle Knob and over to Alpena is good also.
___ Parsons visit
___ Friday morning/ afternoon - Spruce Knob highest point + hike.
___ NROCKS Outdoor adventures - south of Seneca Rocks - near Spruce Knob base.
___ FOOD:
Trail Labs - Friday happy hour - burger night or other?
Hellbender Burritos
BBQ - Canaan BBQ near Deerfield village
Thomas - mexican /taco place.
Purple Fiddle at Thomas
Lodge at Canaan Resort
Parsons: The Grand Slam Grill +13044784444
1. Black Water falls - easy, short walk to falls.
2. Lindy Point. Hike total is 1 mile. Nice Overlook.
3. Douglas falls - drive back to 1 lane bridge. Park, walk to Douglas falls. (Also Albert falls on the way.)
4. Dolly Sods trail head (via Freeland Rd just south of Timberline Rd.) - do in morning 9am ish.
Park at Trail head. Hike .3 miles to Blackbird Knob trail head. Hike Blackbird knob trail, turn left onto Rocky Ridge trail.
Hike Rocky Ridge trail along Ridge to look down on Canaan valley (to Valley View trail head).
Turn around hike back.
5. Pase Point hike: start at Discover center (nature center) at BW Falls. Start by lake.
Hike Dobbins House Trail (or Pendelton trace trail to Dobbin House trail.) Follow Dobbin House trail, hug to the left near Canyon rim.
At .9 mile marker, veer left onto Pase Point Trail (Dobbin house trail will veer right.) Hike to Pase Point overlook. Turn back.
Total round trip is 3 miles.
https://www.strava.com/activities/4190631010
6. Canaan Valley Resort - Lodge - many hiking trails near Lodge. (West side of Rte 32.) See map.
VERY CLOSE TO CORTLAND /BLACK BEAR RESORT.
7. Olsen Fire tower - start in Thomas. Drive to Tower, or gravel Bike Thomas to Tower.
8. Laneville Road - Dolly sods. Bear Rocks. Drive up the BIG hill to Dolly Sods (slowly , gravel road).
Then drive about 8 to 9 miles out to Bear Rocks.
OR - take a small hike from the top of Dolly Sods ridge.
9. Canaan loop road - close to cabin. Drive back 2 or 3 miles, then Hike. Need to lookup hiking trails.
What is back there? I have seen many cars parked for hiking.
10. Canaan Ski resort - chair lift ride.
11. Timberline Hike - Beall Lane (or Coffmans lane) to dead end. Little Canaan Wildlife Refuge.
CLOSE TO BLACK BEAR CABIN
12. Seneca Rocks (40 min drive )
13. Seneca Caverns.
14. Spruce Knob - 1 hour + 15 min drive.
15. Table Rock - from table rock trail head - access via Canaan Loop Rd - from 32. must drive about 7 to 8 miles to trail head.
OTHER HIKING and BIKING - Advanced:
OPTIONS: Rent bikes ? use BW Bike shop shuttle for pickup or drop off.
E bike rental.
- Classic road/ gravel loop - 38 - 40 miles - (Rte 32, Beck hollow, Rte 72. River Rd > Hendrix > Uphill BW Canyon trail > Thomas > Davis - get shuttle back
or climb Rte 32 back to cabin )
- Canaan Resort - Promise Land trail - Mtn biking (fun - beginner)
- Olson Fire tower to Hendricks (Extreme downhill Mtn biking) see video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XKrKBllkrc
- Grocery store- back gravel Road - loop to Canaan Heights (Explore) - need wider tires.
- Canaan loop - start at Rte 32, out and back on gravel bikes (tire width 28 to 32 min.)
- Canaan Loop. Start at 32, Canaan loop West, left downhill to Hendrix. Come back on BW Canyon trail, finish in Thomas. Prob need MTN bikes/ fatter tires.
Ideal to get shuttle/pickup at Thomas or BW bike shop to avoid Rte 32 hill. Time would be 2 to 3 hours
- Gravel biking: Cheat River (has a River crossing ) OGG 40 route - see map.
___ Timberline hike - just south of Cortland - Small hike in a field/ trees. About 1 or 1.5 mile hike. Close to cabin.
___ Cheat River road - drive about 25 mins to get there. Scenic river. Might be too cold to fish, but fishing is an option. I have been here on bike, but you guys have never been there.
___ Davis hike - behind the grocery store - drive back gravel road about 4 miles. Hiking trails back there UP a hill. (not real exciting but different.)
___ Fire tower ? (repeat of what we already did )
___ Seneca rocks - or drive to near there. look for hiking trails we never did.
___ Horseback riding?
___ Lindy Pointe - BW Falls - south side
___ BW Falls State Park - main falls
___ Pendelton overlook - BW falls park
___ Elekala falls hike - BW Falls - near lodge
Questions for INFORMATION center:
- Laneville Rd to Dolly Sods ridge- hikes?
- Bear Rocks - best way to get there? (Lanville Rd, or from East side?)
- Canaan chair lifts open?
- Canaan Loop - hiking options from Loop Road?
- North East of Davis town - any sight seeing up that way?
- Anything to see near Parsons (past fire tower , Rte 219 )