From there we entered the hotel and found our point of contact in the Trellis Lobby. We let our lunch settle while we awaited our tour guide for the underground bunker.
The Greenbrier Hotel served as a cover for the top-secret Congressional Fallout Shelter from the 60's until 1992 when journalist Ted Gup published an article that revealed the bunker's true purpose, forcing the government to abandon it. Supposedly, the property lease was terminated and the Greenbrier, which was owned by the C&O Railroad, scrambled to assume operational costs for the space. Nowadays, the space is supposedly leased by CSX IP for data storage. Still looks pretty top-secret to me and the fact that we couldn't carry our purse or our phones because of the security risks suggests the data they're securing is, well, pretty secretive. Wonder if any of that data has my name on it?
The Greenbrier is a lovely resort; we saw quite a few folks enjoying their stay on the tennis courts and the golf course. We didn't venture downstairs to the casino. Decided to hang on to our coins.
On our return trip to the campground, we stopped by Babcock State Park in hopes of photographing a waterfall and grist mill. Again, lack of rain meant very little water flow, so the grist mill wasn't in operation. Despite having left my tripod in the camper (ugh!), I found a rock on which to rest my camera, and I got lucky with a couple of waterfall shots.
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| Glade Creek Grist Mill at Babcock State Park |
This was also the perfect setting to photograph ourselves. Brother John did a pretty good job operating my camera for this picture of Jamie and me.
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