Opossum Creek Retreat

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We’re Your Free WV Wilderness Guides

Let us be your guide. (For free!) Why should you put that kind of trust in us? We have been guides, really, all over the world! Okay, the whole world is stretching it, but a big chunk of the Western Hemisphere is accurate. From Montana’s ice cold waters and rugged back country, to the Grand […]

A Big Thank You to All Who Were Part of the New River Birding and Nature Festival

We love to make our guests cry. Wow, what a week! So much fun, so much hard work, so many people to thank. Opossum Creek Retreat is the happy home of The New River Birding and Nature Festival. For one week a year we entertain about 100 people a day, feeding them, taking them on […]

Why I Love the New River Birding and Nature Festival

Every spring here at Opossum Creek Retreat we host The New River Nature and Birding Festival. It has quickly become one of my favorite weeks of the year. The privilege of being a part of the festival has allowed me access to the amazingly diverse flora and fauna of the New River Gorge and surrounding […]

‘Birding By Butt’ and the New River Birding and Nature Festival

Well now that was a big week. In fact, it was Opossum Creek Retreat’s biggest week of the year. The New River Birding and Nature Festival just ended, and a good bit of the festival takes place here at OCR. Somewhere between 60-100 people a day get to enjoy our slice of almost heaven during […]

The Most Important Thing About Birding (Hint: It’s Not Birds)

The most important thing about a birding trip is not the birds. Really. Here’s why:  All kinds of things can influence the birds you see and hear.   So let’s focus on stuff that really matters on a field trip: the people. It’s like soup; too much of one ingredient is boring. I love time alone […]