July 28, 2014
Summer Wind RV Overnight Park
Dawson, West Virginia
Today we left Williamsburg, VA and headed toward White Sulphur Springs, WV. Our plans were to stay overnight and tour "The Congressional Bunker" at the Greenbrier Resort. It was a secret underground facility built in the 1960s to shelter congressional members from an atomic attack.
Unfortunately, White Sulphur Springs now has another claim to fame - the location of the New Orleans Saints training camp. The town built a brand new facility for them and everything is now geared toward the team and the fans that are attracted by the football frenzy.
We just kept driving west since there was no place to stay near the Greenbrier. We were disappointed that we missed the Bunker but I probably would have had a hard time remembering when Congress was held in such high esteem that people thought they should survive an atomic attack.
I love your last statement. So true. I didn't know the Saints had moved up there for training camp.
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