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Reply to "Blackwater Canyon Line - Mar 25, 2024 - Sanky Wanky Coffee Co Kit, Scenery Hill"

Mark Boyce posted:
TomSuperO posted:

Mark,  It was George who got me on here.  It's all his fault.  We were in scouts together in Weirton back in the day. Ran into him recently at a scout reunion & had no idea he was a train guy too.  Small world.   BTW, Parsons - aww man. You're taking me back.  Spent a whole lot of time throughout the early 70's backpacking ALL over WV and driving around all those little towns getting to a trailhead.  Places like Parsons, Petersburg, Marlington, elkins, etc  - before they built I79.

Tom, That is great you ran into George at the reunion!!  So where do you live now?  

Yes, I've been to all those places.  No more hiking for me though, except the short easy trails.  I still find it hard to believe I climbed to the top of Seneca Rock way back!  1982, I believe.  The front side, not Heart Attack Hill in the back.  I worked at the Vepco Mount Storm Power Station for a while, but have been back in our native Butler County since '96.

Mark,   We had a little reunion down at Olgebay Park in Wheeling WV. Guys came in from all over. Was a great time watching old movies of us as kids. My uncle was the scout master. I was born and raised in Steubenville Oh. Moved across the river to Weirton in 80 and returned to steub in 2016. The picture that was posted of the old fort steuben bridge brought back some memories. Crossed that a million times.  It was narrow.  Just downstream from the RR bridge George is modelling, is the market st bridge. It's still there in use and is painted blue and gold and lighted in blue at night (WV owns the bridge).  Can't miss it flying over it into pitt at night from pts south.  Many people don't know that it is the sister bridge to the one that collapsed in point pleasant Oh back in the day - from which the mothman movie was about.        Yeah, that's a nice hike up to Sceneca  Rocks.  Used to rock climb there in college. Read a book said " 1st rule of climbing - never climb higher than you're willing to fall" 

I quit.

Tom

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