Today my husband and I took a stroll around the fishing lake at Coonskin Park on Hoppy Shores Dr in…read moreCharleston, WV We are both Charleston natives and we discussed how much the park has changed in our 60 yrs on earth. The park, especially on a gorgeous 80 degree Sunny Sunday day, would have been jammed pack with bumper to bumper cars cruising through the park. Every field, every table, every inch being utilized BUT not today! Today's generation doesn't like to go outside. A park goes to waste on them. It's a true shame. Tony and I walked around the small groups of people fishing and talking. We saw 2 turtles. I took pics of flowers and the beautiful scenery while our grandson enjoyed the playground with his mother. My only concern is that people are NOT using the trash cans. Pure lazy people! The cans were not full, people just chose not to take the few extra steps to throw stuff away properly!!

As a PA native, I never explored all the nooks and crannies of The Mountain State quite like this…read morebefore. With a name like Coonskin Park, it has to be a great place. I quite like it for the pickle ball courts. The groundhogs, however, despise this place since the lead groundskeeper of the groundhog community left many years ago to audition for the next Punxsutawney Phil role. He won the audition, which meant the rest of the groundhog community had surrendered their power and naming rights to Radical Ringtail, the leader of the Charleston Trash Panda gang. Now putting that totally irrelevant nonsense to the side, we can expect many great things to come from the beautiful views and scenic West Virginia trails.