The West Fork Rail Trail, created about 20 years ago from an abandoned CSX line, is a moderate hike of about 25 miles (or bicycle ride or cross-country ski jaunt) that partly runs parallel to the West Fork of the Greenbrier River. De Hart recommends the trail because it offers spectacular scenery by traversing forests, pastureland, rock slopes and wildlife areas, including beaver ponds. The West Fork Rail Trail and the 300-mile Allegheny Trail pass through the town of Durbin, which is on U.S. 250, less than 10 miles from the Virginia line. Within a few miles of Durbin, the southern terminus of the hike, is a stretch that has fishing pools, wildflower meadows and rock formations. ...more

July 13, 2008

They are a mysterious, almost mythical group, the Rainbow Family of Living Light, gathering again this summer to party and pray for peace, many appearing wild and unwashed, barefoot and bearded, secretive and standoffish. ...more

June 29, 2008