I was born in Beckley. After my Dad died my Mom remarried & we moved to Ohio. We spent almost every summer with my Dads family in West Virginia. Best life ever in those mountains, rivers & streams. Imagine riding in the back of a pickup truck, arms resting on the top cab hanging on through those winding roads. Almost Heaven 😊
@outquick3 ай бұрын
Sorry to hear about your dad. Hope mom is well. But u forgot about sport bikes, it’s da place to be.
@danalynch88892 жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed this video. I used to visit West Virginia for a month every other year. But now no car of money to do so, so I miss West Virginia. I have to depend on videos like yours to get my West Virginia fix. I especially like the fact your drove through neighborhoods.
@groofoot Жыл бұрын
I have never been to WV, but I really want to go .... and I've considered WV as a new home .... the city of Beckley, in particular, as it has all the 'amenities' I'd like to find (meaning stores, restaurants, and banks, basically) in my next home .... and the scenery is beautiful!
@cherylbryant39147 ай бұрын
I was born in Beckley, lived there til age 9. I grew up in the Chicago area where I still live, but consider Beckley one of the prettiest cities I've lived in. Beautiful memories.
@keithplumley2054 Жыл бұрын
Great drive down memory lane. I grew up in Beckley, I moved away 44 years ago. Robert C Byrd drive was still Valley Drive, the justice center in downtown was a GC Murphy store. A lot has changed but so much has stayed the same. You drove by my house on Harper Rd just down from the hospital, which at the time was thought of as a new hospital. Thanks for the ride, I thoroughly enjoyed it.
@bkcompton1980 Жыл бұрын
My uncle owned the Exxon station where that cvs is now. And my grandfather owned his own coal trucking company and parked his coal trucks behind there and I grew up on beckley ave.
@tiredofit476111 ай бұрын
Most all of my family was born and/or raised here. I haven’t been there since 2015. Most of the family moved away. It’s sad that there aren’t jobs and that most of the land still belongs to big coal so you can’t buy it. It’s a beautiful place with beautiful people. I miss it! ❤
@robbiemann16672 жыл бұрын
I am proud to be a Beckley boy
@morgan3105 Жыл бұрын
How cool to come across this, I used to live in Beckley, I moved away in 1976 when I was still in school, I lived on Larew Ave, down by the armory
@twhite7139 Жыл бұрын
Nice to see Beckley. Grew up there, moved down south 35 years ago.
@vexorg672 жыл бұрын
Wow, just left Beckley about a week ago after living there for a few months. Moved to VA. So really, everything looks just like I remember it. Good video regardless mate.
@MileageMikeTravels2 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@kaystar34342 жыл бұрын
Would you expect it to change in a week?
@danielberry1951 Жыл бұрын
Drove by Crescent Rd. (where I went thru 3rd grade) , Woodlawn Ave. (where I lived in a garage apt when I was 5 or so), First Baptist Church (where I was baptized), Williams Street (where I was born), what used to be Murphys (where I sang Jingle Bells ? over the store intercom while visiting Santa) and Johnstown Road (on the way to my Granny's house on Orchard Ave). Moved away in 1960.
@billbergendahl29112 жыл бұрын
When I was growing up in the 1960s all the shopping was on Neville and Prince Streets. Later I attended what was then called Beckley College and the West Virginia College of Graduate Studies.
@spaniardsrmoors68175 күн бұрын
What is Beckley College called today and do they still have one, couldn't find any college in Beckley. Almost went there but chose a college in Massachusetts instead.
@billbergendahl29114 күн бұрын
@@spaniardsrmoors6817 What used to be Beckley College is now known as WVU-Beckley.
@spaniardsrmoors68174 күн бұрын
@@billbergendahl2911 Thanks!
@tiredofit476111 ай бұрын
I saw King Tut closed after 60+ years of business. My grandparents would take us there every weekend we stayed. As an adult I would go every time I visited.
@helpmyass4 ай бұрын
Im from beckley. King tut sort of merged with leisure lanes, their kitchen got a bunch of the items from king tuts menu and the employees have been working there too. Still sucks the drive in is shut down
@bennielilly30392 жыл бұрын
Nice video of Beckley WV. I have been through this lovely city and it's still beautiful.
@MileageMikeTravels2 жыл бұрын
It is
@tirepunk73677 ай бұрын
Grew up on Northwestern Ave. Left in 1980....miss it sometimes.
@jameshunt6492 жыл бұрын
Wild wonderful BECKLEY WV ! I live there !
@groofoot Жыл бұрын
I have long been researching Beckley as a possible future home .... and I was stunned to find out, recently, that the population is only 16,700! .... Rarely will you, for instance, find an Olive Garden in a city that 'small' .... *** but anyway, I'd love to get out of blue state Illinois and move to a red state with gorgeous scenery, moutains, a lot of rain, and all my fave restaurants .....
@nelsonlachappellejr9377 Жыл бұрын
Wow! Beautiful area in West Virginia! What town is next? Do more videos like this one video¡
@DutchStar443 Жыл бұрын
That intersection at 3:11? In 1975, i had to open the passenger door and puke as we rolled through there. LoL
@missrita18262 жыл бұрын
Beautiful town. I used to work with a lovely lady that lived (s) in Beckley, Alice Harris, wonder how she's doing?
@np41912 жыл бұрын
Just passed my road! Crescent😁😁😁
@kaystar34342 жыл бұрын
Only rich, white folks used to stay on your road.😁
@u2fkeys6652 жыл бұрын
Whoa that was intense!
@MileageMikeTravels2 жыл бұрын
Indeed
@randykendrick23512 жыл бұрын
Used to drive through Beckley on the Interstate, but never went into town. Not a bad looking place.
@silverhawk242 жыл бұрын
Great video West Virginia Mike enjoyed the video alot man I love West Virginia honestly
@MistiDotson3 күн бұрын
Moving to beckley next month leaving Florida hope I like it there we are buying a house there but we have never been to wv
@dcproman Жыл бұрын
Grew up on Harper Road for the first 7 years and then just behind the Taco stand for the next 10.
@ObO-sd1xg Жыл бұрын
Absolutely Positively, physically, Undeniably and reliably deserted!
@mikesadventures15972 ай бұрын
Hi . I'm looking up where my grandparents are from. Never got to meet them. But my grandfather was a coal miner. John Sullivan Cox. Then after a cave in the Mine They moved to Ohio.
@fazeljigry2851 Жыл бұрын
Thank you i like your videos .
@suejustice7896 Жыл бұрын
I been all over that town lol
@bkcompton1980 Жыл бұрын
Any body remember Big johns drive though convenient store!!
@keithplumley2054 Жыл бұрын
Yes, I believe it's still there.
@cathy5072 Жыл бұрын
My Husband grew up here.
@faultycracker7805 Жыл бұрын
Is King Tuts still there? I'll find out. I am finally going home after 44 years come hell original water!
@81jeremylbradley10 ай бұрын
King Tut just closed down last month. Great place. My late Mother and my sister worked there. This town lost many great businesses.
@vonfields68892 жыл бұрын
Another good video. 👍
@w-josh2 жыл бұрын
Great Video, I don't like WV so much because of the mountains They're beautiful, but can be scary
@MileageMikeTravels2 жыл бұрын
Yeah you have to stay on alert driving in the mountains
@Bornjamerican242 жыл бұрын
I haven't been there, can you elaborate?
@w-josh2 жыл бұрын
@@Bornjamerican24 West Virginia is the most mountainous state in the U.S. Mountainous roads means steep grades and very curvy, windy roads. The worst time to drive in the mountains is when weather is horrible or it is night time. Charleston isn't as mountainous or Huntington
@JonathanSilverman-dz9lm2 ай бұрын
So far, the comments about this place are really nice, people love it. It's a shame that most moved out.. Is there no jobs there any more, or very few??
@camilleb7997 Жыл бұрын
Great video 😊
@MileageMikeTravels Жыл бұрын
Thanks! 😊
@gracesmith.parkes6368 Жыл бұрын
Are you going to summer village west Virginia
@zxtenn2 жыл бұрын
Cool, some areas look familiar, my X GF lives there behind the GO-MART, still friends so no issues or drama, lots of CHEAP homes there for sale
@keithplumley2054 Жыл бұрын
My niece is a real estate agent in Beckley, she listed a 3 bedroom house with 10 acres in Glen Daniel last summer for $169k, that would be a $400k property in North Georgia where I live.
@zxtenn Жыл бұрын
@@keithplumley2054 I understand, i lived in NY on Long Island previously and live in NC now, Long Island probably 4 MILLION with that much acreage. WV is a nice place to live providing you can pay for the house cash, thats what i did in Quinwood but right now its just a weekend once in a while hideaway
@foodreviewguy652 жыл бұрын
I know this might be unrelated, but what’s the most boring stretch of road you’ve ever been on?
@MileageMikeTravels2 жыл бұрын
Off the top of my head I would say I-77 between Charlotte and Columbia. I-40 between OKC and Albuquerque is up there too. Also I-10/I-20 from El Paso to Dallas ranks high on the boring list.
@foodreviewguy652 жыл бұрын
@@MileageMikeTravels I haven’t traveled either of those. For me it would be the Florida Turnpike from Kissimmee to Fort Pierce. There are no exits for 40-50 miles in this stretch, so if you accidentally go the wrong way, it’ll take you like an hour and a half to get back to where you were. And there is NOTHING to see. There are no hills or anything, and it’s just extremely boring terrain. Alligator Alley is up there as well, but it’s slightly shorter and isn’t quite as desolate. Although I’d say any interstate in florida is extremely boring when you’re not in a big city. Very long, flat, and straight, and nothing to see. Lots of traffic as well
@MileageMikeTravels2 жыл бұрын
@@foodreviewguy65 oh yeah those are up there too. I drove them when I was in Florida but didn’t film them.
@Jms-mx8to2 жыл бұрын
Looks nicer than Bluefield
@andrewmann4067 Жыл бұрын
Because it is 😁
@adamkassemtv2 жыл бұрын
Hey, Mike! Can we get a Charleston, WV?
@MileageMikeTravels2 жыл бұрын
Coming soon
@brahimd86832 жыл бұрын
❤👍
@yomama...isaverynicelady Жыл бұрын
Is this real or computer generated? A quarter through I saw a car become see through as it passed in front of ya
@MileageMikeTravels9 ай бұрын
I edit out the long red lights.
@81jeremylbradley10 ай бұрын
No opportunity for young people. Other then WVU Tech which is wonderful. However once they graduate students leave. Hardly any decent housing. Not many jobs at all. Beckley sadly has fallen victim to the opioid epidemic x10 for over 15 years. No population growth. I’m not saying it’s the worst place but it’s definitely not a place I’d recommend if your looking for opportunities in life. I live uptown where most of all the buildings are crumbling. It has a few little shops. But that’s it . Recently King Tut closed. I love my sleepy little town. I’ll be here till the day I die. Maybe one day someone or something will save our City. It has great potential.
@elmehdiboumlic65652 жыл бұрын
👍👍👍🙏🙏🙏🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸😁
@MileageMikeTravels2 жыл бұрын
👍👍👍
@enigmaak80492 жыл бұрын
does tornado ever come to this town?
@andrewmann4067 Жыл бұрын
Never mate.
@Byrdfeeder5 ай бұрын
1974
@ailtonmarques21432 жыл бұрын
legal
@amandairene38502 жыл бұрын
Wow no dope fiends
@kaystar34342 жыл бұрын
They are probably in your town.
@amandairene38502 жыл бұрын
@@kaystar3434 they are I unfortunately live in beckley
@rustyshackleford40592 жыл бұрын
I was a little shocked not seeing any by the Pagoda as well lol.. Usually someone is Zombied out there..