(07-12-2017 08:34 PM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  

(07-12-2017 08:27 PM)Lush Wrote:  

(06-28-2017 07:39 AM)Hood-rich Wrote:  Kennecott. Been there. Stayed in McCarthy, toured the mine and hiked the glacier. It was one of several stops on our honeymoon along that highway. I remember that exact view of the mountains rising above the trees. Damn I love Alaska.

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as awesome as mccarthy was, homer is serene. nothing suits homer more than a quiet blanket of fog. i was surprised at how townie it felt and not very touristy. magnificent hiking. and you gotta camp on the spit

(07-10-2017 06:54 PM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  A smaller city that I really enjoyed visiting was Marietta, Ohio. Right on the Ohio River/West Virginia border and it was clean, quaint, great walkable downtown, and some American history there as well.

i'm going to get to marietta one of these days. it's been my number one to see city in the state for 10 years running. just haven't made it work. portsmouth is another neat river town. in its' heyday, that would have been a pretty bustling remarkable town. a considerable downtown. rustic. and shawnee state forest is right next door for decent backpacking and great car camping.

i knew that wheeling, west virginia would blow me away. another good river town. by the size of its' downtown, this city could easily accommodate 100,000 people. i've been to charleston and morgantown, wheeling had more of a big city feel. it's on my list of favorite downtowns, duluth is my tits

Ironically, Pony94 is looking at putting a Dairy Whip in Marietta.