{"id":703,"date":"2017-02-05T21:52:18","date_gmt":"2017-02-05T21:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/?p=703"},"modified":"2017-02-05T21:52:18","modified_gmt":"2017-02-05T21:52:18","slug":"a-weekend-on-heavener-mountain-and-in-the-national-radio-quiet-zone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/?p=703","title":{"rendered":"A weekend on Heavener Mountain and in the National Radio Quiet Zone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We had a great weekend visit to Harrisonburg and West Virginia.  First we went to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.massresort.com\/play\/waterpark\/\">Massanutten Water Park<\/a> (instead of the ski area, with not much snow around &#8211; they claimed 16&#8243;). We all had an experience that exceeded our expectations &#8211; we may have to go back sometime!  Torsten and Aven loved the water slides and all the fun and activities (so did Carrie &#038; I).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/FullSizeRender.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/FullSizeRender-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-714\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/FullSizeRender-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/FullSizeRender-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The next day we first hiked up Heavener Mountain (all of 2,837 ft elevation &#8211; that&#8217;s an East Coast mountain).  We had some fun driving that reminded us of out West.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_6978.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_6978-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-705\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_6978-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_6978-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_6978-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_6973.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_6973-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-717\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_6973-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_6973-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_6973-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next we went to <a href=\"https:\/\/greenbankobservatory.org\/visit\/science-center\/\">Green Bank Observatory<\/a>.  We highly recommend a visit. We loved the tour around all the radio telescopes, the hands on science center, our tour guide, and the whole experience.  Even the logo was great: &#8220;The Universe is Whispering&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_6994.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_6994-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-706\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_6994-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_6994-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_6994-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The whole weekend we were in the National Radio Quiet Zone, which is fascinating in its own &#8211; here are a few links about it: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_National_Radio_Quiet_Zone\">Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li>an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/alltechconsidered\/2013\/10\/08\/218976699\/enter-the-quiet-zone-where-cell-service-wi-fi-are-banned\">NPR piece<\/a><\/li>\n<li>a <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalgeographic.com\/news\/2014\/10\/141010-radio-telescope-green-bank-west-virginia-astronomy\/\">National Geographic Feature<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Two photos from the Green Bank Observatory learning center:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_6998-e1486330136468.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_6998-e1486330136468-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-707\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_6998-e1486330136468-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_6998-e1486330136468-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_6999-e1486330341784.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_6999-e1486330341784-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-708\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_6999-e1486330341784-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_6999-e1486330341784-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A few more photos from the Heavener Mountain ascent:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_6990-e1486330290977.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_6990-e1486330290977-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-710\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_6990-e1486330290977-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_6990-e1486330290977-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_6986.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_6986-169x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-709\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_6986-169x300.png 169w, http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_6986-577x1024.png 577w, http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_6986.png 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_6993.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_6993-169x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-712\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_6993-169x300.png 169w, http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_6993-577x1024.png 577w, http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_6993.png 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_6992.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_6992-169x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-711\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_6992-169x300.png 169w, http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_6992-577x1024.png 577w, http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_6992.png 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We had a great weekend visit to Harrisonburg and West Virginia. First we went to the Massanutten Water Park (instead of the ski area, with not much snow around &#8211; they claimed 16&#8243;). We all had an experience that exceeded our expectations &#8211; we may have to go back sometime! Torsten and Aven loved the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/?p=703\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A weekend on Heavener Mountain and in the National Radio Quiet Zone&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p26Tpo-bl","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=703"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":719,"href":"http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703\/revisions\/719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}