Kairos Wilderness Campground - Glen Lyn VA

We should have guessed when we saw the name of the campground that it would be rustic.....but it was only 20 miles from the Princeton, WV Train Museum and close to the Hinton, WV train museums, so we booked it.     As soon as we turned onto Elgood mountain road, I was beginning to wonder about our choice.   My thoughts became even more concerned when one mile later we turned onto Shumate Falls Road.    There was evidence of previous landslides along that road, we crossed a narrow bridge over a creek, and then headed UP the side of the mountain on a curvy road that at times seemed to go straight up!   It took us 20 minutes to go 3 miles to our campground.   The only buildings were "Ed's Place" an office/snack bar and the restroom building.   There were 5 trailers up there (including ours).   It was definitely quiet, but the campsites were full hookups.   Phone service was one tiny bar, and only one tv station.   No wifi except by using the hotspot on our phone. 

The next morning (Thursday) as we were heading for the exit to go down the mountain, a guy on a dirt bike rode up and said that they were clearing a mudslide - the road should be open in about 20 minutes.   It was.   We drove into Princeton and ate breakfast and then visited the Princeton train museum.   It was very nicely done, and we enjoyed seeing their exhibits.   The docents said that Hinton was only open that day, so we drove over to Hinton to see their museum.   I especially enjoyed that museum because they had an extensive wood carved scene of people working on the railroad and had a good deal of information about Chessie, the railroad cat.   When we got back to town we stopped at Chick-fil-A for our evening meal and stayed and used their free wifi.   Then we headed back to Glen Lyn and our campsite.   During the night it started raining - HARD.   It was still raining, but lightly when we got up on Friday.    Went to Princeton for breakfast and then stopped at the Visitor's Center to see what else there might be to do in the area and heard about Pearsinburg, VA back about 25 miles.   We headed off to see what we could see there.    Stay tuned!