Berkeley Springs, WV- Day 1

Day 1

I went on a mini trip with my friends, Cat and Rachel, over Memorial Day weekend. We went to Berkeley Springs, West Virginia. It was a fun weekend! 

We arrived in Berkeley Springs around lunch time and got some food at Creekside Provisions and Supplies where I got a delicious chicken salad sandwich. 

We ate outside and it was a little windy and chilly at this point in the day but thankfully it got warmer as the day continued on.

After lunch, we just wandered around town until our spa appointment later in the day.

Berkeley Springs is known for its warm natural mineral springs. They have multiple bath houses in the town where they use the water from the springs for their spa services.  

The building above is the historical main bath house. I think you can still book a spot to use the bath house today. We were not able to get a spot in this particular bath house this weekend but we did in another bath house in town. 

At the gazebo in town!

I liked Berkeley Springs. It is a cute town! It has quite a few quirky little shops that were fun to go in and browse. I don’t think I took any pictures of the shops of the town though. Oh well. 

This building is Gentlemen’s Spring. In between the columns of the building are spouts where people can fill their water bottles from Berkeley Springs for free.

The building above the columns was used for various things at different times. At one point it was used as a lounging room, another time a doctor’s office, and another time a library. 

At one point during the day we had our spa appointments in one of the bath houses. It was an interesting experience to do once. It was just being in a jacuzzi tub with water from Berkeley Springs for 20 minutes. 

I’m glad I did it but I don’t feel the need to do it again if I ever go back to Berkeley Springs.

One of the things they had in town was a cat cafe, Give Purrs a Chance. We didn’t go inside but here’s the outside of it. 

Side note: this is where my brother, Tim, got his cat, Ash, from!

I liked this sign! 😹

We went into a cute clothing store in town and this sign was on the door. It made me laugh and it made me wonder what happened. 😂 

I took this picture because the ladder on the roof of this house looks to be in a precarious position. I hope no one actually used it on the roof like that. 😬😅

After the spa, we went to a grocery store and got some food for the next couple of days and then we made our way to the house we were staying in for the weekend.

On our way to the house, we came across this beautiful viewpoint. We stopped there almost every time we drove past.

At the view point above!

We made it to the house we were staying at and started getting dinner ready. We had access to a grill and used it a couple of times on this trip including for dinner this night.

After dinner, we went to the Morgan County Observatory where they showed a few space videos in a temporary blow up dome inside the observatory so we could watch the videos in surround picture. 

After the videos were over we learned about this telescope. 

The telescope is over 60 years old and hard to use. The man telling us about the telescope said it’s really hard to find parts to fix it because it’s so old. So they’re trying to get enough money to buy a new telescope that works properly.  

This is the man who volunteered at the observatory and talked to us all while we waited for it to get dark enough to look through the telescope.

I got to look through the telescope briefly and it was cool!

This was the end of our first day in Berkeley Springs. It was a lovely first day of our mini trip!