Ramada Inn of Beckley

I stayed here while on spring break during grad school in April of 2004. My friend and I drew a circle around Cleveland, OH, our starting point, with the radius equaling 5 hour drive time. We saw that West Virginia was within that drive time. We thought, it is spring. It is cold in Ohio. Let’s drive to the south where it is warmer. We borrowed my dad’s 1994 Mazda Miata, some sandwiches, and a paper mache Conan O’brien head (little sister’s art project that year). We set off. We made it as far as the Beckley Ramada. When we stopped at the local flapjack house, they told us about the local strong man competition. We just had to go. First, we got a room at this Ramada. We mentioned that we were going to the strong man competition, and they gave us a discount.
We drank cheap Rite Aid liquor and made up songs about West Virginia. We also jumped from bed to bed. I think Jay Leno may have been on in the background. All in all, we really enjoyed our stay.