Pendleton County, Where the drive-in at Ruddle is the only movie in town. Where the bank most people use opened in Franklin in 1925. Where the ground rises and falls further than in any other county in the state. Where the climbing school has been teaching on the same rock since 1971. Where four railroads were proposed over forty years, and not one of them was ever built. Where there is no hospital, and everyone knows exactly how long it takes to get to Petersburg. Where the highest point in West Virginia is somewhere you can drive to. Where maple syrup runs faster than the handyman, and more reliably too. Spruce Knob, perhaps the closest some of us will get to Heaven. Where the teenagers have no concept of a toll road. Where the gym is open at three in the morning, if three in the morning is when you are up. Where ramps season is a season, the same as spring is.