The drive continued to be scenic after leaving New River Gorge National Park. Birch River offered beautiful mountain vistas while Summersville Lake is famously called the "Bahamas of the East" for its turquoise waters.
Scenic overlook near Birth River
Ty at Birch River
Summersville Lake, West Virginia's largest, is formed by a rock-fill dam on the Gauley River. Summersville Lake is definitely a place I'd like to go back to. Wish it was closer.
Summersville Lake
Summersville dam
This was something to do with the dam.
The last stop of our trip to Virginia/West Virginia was the rest stop in Friendsville (Maryland). It was dusk. The fog made the night sky especially picturesque.
