I was reading this tread and checking everyone's thread until I came to yours. I am from WV and I go there several times a year to visit my sister and her family in Buckhannon and I have a grand-daughter and great grand-daughter that lives in Fairmont. The reason yours got my attention was not only because you mentioned WV but you are from Merced. My ex-daughter in law lives there with my grand-daughter. What a small world.