Article: West Virginia vacation: awful to awe

Almost heaven, West Virginia.

CRASH!

We are only 2 miles into the Mountain State and our family vacation only several hours old when the doe streaks from the night and bolts head-first into the passenger side of our station wagon.

Remarkably, the twins slumber through the violent collision. The poor deer is killed almost instantly but would leave a legacy of a $3,000 repair bill.

Shaken and paranoid, I have to slow down four more times at the sight of deer crossing the highway or poised at roadside before reaching our vacation home, only 30 minutes distant.

It is just one of those nights - just after a rainstorm and under a full moon - and a preview of ...

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