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There are too many waterfalls in the New River Gorge to count, but we do have our favorites. Here are 10 we love and how to find them. – This is 2/10 in our Top 10 blog post series celebrating our 10th anniversary.

Dividing the four seasons into short micro-seasons is an ancient practice we’ve enjoyed adapting to the New River Gorge! Our list includes lenten fish, cold water, invasive flowers, and more! – This is 1/10 in our Top 10 blog post series.

Foraged paw paw fruit in a blue bag, heirloom tomatoes on a pizza, and the Gauley river surrounded by green forests.

The moon has received a lot of attention since the pandemic with many folks, including us, learning to follow its cycles to practice mindfulness and, ironically, stay grounded. Through our efforts, we found that following the moon is also a great way to gain a deeper understanding of nature and this place we call home. […]

Moon cycles of the New River Gorge

Discover the beauty, nature, and history of the New River Gorge on a guilded forest walk with WV naturalists. Learn more about New RIver Gorge Eco Tours here!

Small natural treasures from New River Gorge National Park including red trillium, cortinarius mushroom, tulip polar flower, oyster mushrooms, red-spotted newt, turkey tail mushroom, pink lady slippers, yellow-frindged orchid and ghost pipes.

Why Not Ours? Each of the four flats at Lafayette Flats Boutique Vacation Rentals has a different color palette, but one color runs through them all – green. The color of the forest. The color of life. The color green signifies abundance to our primitive brains, soothing even our modern anxieties. One way we bring […]

Many home decor items are available in the WV Native Leaves pattern on the website Spoonflower.

In 2013, when we began renovating the building that is now home to Lafayette Flats, vacation rentals were starting to really take off. But the idea of having several in one building was a complete novelty.ā  We found ourselves in need of a quick way to accurately communicate what we were creating. Was it just […]

Guest Review of Boutique Vacation Rental

We spend a lot of time in the New River Gorge hunting for mushrooms. When we’re not hunting mushrooms we’re usually talking about hunting mushrooms, which often prompts people to ask us why we enjoy it so much. Sometimes, we fear, they soon regret asking because we can go on and on about the many, […]

Lafayette Flats owners, Shawn and Amy taking a selfie with a mushroom.

When we heard about the New River Gorge 100 Mile ChallengeĀ last year, we knew that we wanted to participate. We love The Gorge, we love hiking and we love challenges, so the idea of putting in 100 miles in the calendar year seemed perfectly suited for us. We wasted no time, putting in our first […]

It’s what we live for. Really. A word cloud made up from our guest’s comments We love it when our guests are blown away with what they find at Lafayette Flats, and we love it when they tell us about it either in person or in reviews left online. We love it when people recognize […]

Back in late 2014, we set a personal goal to hike at least one serious trail in the New River Gorge each month. Here are the links to the blog post about our adventure: A Year of Hiking, Part 1: January – April A Year of Hiking, Part 2: May – August A Year of […]

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