I went to Snowshoe when I was like 17? Maybe it was either 2006 or 2007, I think 07 because then I would have been 17. We stayed up there 2 weeks, the week of July 4th when they do all the activities durning the day, like the mini carnival and the bluegrass bands and the open market with the jewelry and stuff. It was so cool. We spent days just walking around the shops and all the little kiosks during the day. Then at night they had movies in the little square, so we would sit bundled up in winter coats and sleeping bags because it was cold at night, and watch kids movies because thats all they showed. Then they did the fireworks on the 4th, then a few days after that, all the fun stuff ended and it was just the regular little town and there wasn't much to do.
SO we went to Elkins or somewhere in the middle of nowhere and rode a 5 hour train ride up the mountain to Spruce. We learned a lot, but the weather was cold for July, so we had coats on. Then we went to a Chilies or something somewhere around there and realized that we couldn't smoke in the bar area! Because they had just passed the WV law that you couldn't smoke in a restaurant. So we had to go outside at night, in the cold to smoke. LOL In SC we could smoke in restaurants until like 2 years ago, so back then, it was very strange for us! Oh and with that Chilies experience, my friend told the waiter that it was my birthday so we could get a free dessert. So he just brought the sundae out without singing or anything and she made him turn around and get the rest of the staff and sing me a song. lmao. It was hilarious. We can not be trusted in any restaurant.
It was pretty cold up there, at night and in the shade because it was pretty windy the whole time. There was no humidity and it was so high up, that we didn't expect it to be so cold. We came from here in July and it was HOT HOT and humid and got up there and it was like 68 and chilly! haha. It was pretty weird for us.
BUT I do love Snowshoe and we had such a great time up there when we went. I don't know how to ski, so I don't know if I would want to go up there during the winter, but my dad used to go up every year to ski. And my uncle goes up several times a winter to ski, he loves it up there. Summer time Snowshoe is a great thing though! I loved the restaurant the Foxhole or something, I can't remember what it was called, but we ate there like every night!
