We’re a little quirky in the Mountain State, but we wouldn’t have it any other way. Here are some of our legends, food traditions, and strange habits. In West Virginia we…
- Drive 70 on the highway.
WikiMedia Commons/Famartin The highways aren’t usually very crowded, so we can enjoy our generous speed limit.
2, Don’t slow down much for snow.
Wikimedia Commons/Ken Thomas Just about everyone has a 4 wheel drive, but sometimes we put a little too much faith in them.
- Aren’t phased by narrow country roads.
http://www.ForestWander.com It seems scary at first to have so little space to drive, but we quickly get used to it.
- Then sing about them.
WikiMedia Commons / © 1975 ABC Television It’s hard not to love John Denver’s description of West Virginia.
- Put coleslaw on hot dogs.
Steven Depolo/Flickr Even some West Virginians to the north find this a little weird.
- Jump off a bridge.
Flickr/Jeremy Markovich Or at least, we’ll watch the jumpers at the annual Bridge Day Festival.
- Celebrate our monsters.
Flickr/OZinOH We love the Mothman, and give him his own statue and festival.
- Go ghost hunting.
Dustin/Flickr We have some creepy places that are just perfect to look for ghosts, like the abandoned Lake Shawnee Amusement Park.
- Enjoy wild foods.
Flickr/Jessica and Lon Binder It’s almost springtime, and we’ll soon see plenty of ramp dinners!
- Line up for pepperoni rolls.
Tomaro’s Bakery/Facebook The perfect pepperoni roll is worth the wait.
- Make fun of ourselves.
Road Kill Cookoff/Facebook We don’t mind taking a light-hearted poke at the stereotypes at the annual Road Kill Cookoff.
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WikiMedia Commons/Famartin
The highways aren’t usually very crowded, so we can enjoy our generous speed limit.
Wikimedia Commons/Ken Thomas
Just about everyone has a 4 wheel drive, but sometimes we put a little too much faith in them.
It seems scary at first to have so little space to drive, but we quickly get used to it.
WikiMedia Commons / © 1975 ABC Television
It’s hard not to love John Denver’s description of West Virginia.
Steven Depolo/Flickr
Even some West Virginians to the north find this a little weird.
Flickr/Jeremy Markovich
Or at least, we’ll watch the jumpers at the annual Bridge Day Festival.
Flickr/OZinOH
We love the Mothman, and give him his own statue and festival.
Dustin/Flickr
We have some creepy places that are just perfect to look for ghosts, like the abandoned Lake Shawnee Amusement Park.
Flickr/Jessica and Lon Binder
It’s almost springtime, and we’ll soon see plenty of ramp dinners!
Tomaro’s Bakery/Facebook
The perfect pepperoni roll is worth the wait.
Road Kill Cookoff/Facebook
We don’t mind taking a light-hearted poke at the stereotypes at the annual Road Kill Cookoff.
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