Cord Byrd: “May 2-8 is National Tourism Week, and I would like to take a few minutes to encourage anyone planning their summer…”

“May 2-8 is National Tourism Week, and I would like to take a few minutes to encourage anyone planning their summer vacation--and this is the time; this is the time to plan the summer vacation. Let me tell you where the place is. This is the place: West Virginia. Anybody who is planning the summer vacation--or looking farther ahead to next year's winter vacation--should consider my favorite destination: West Virginia. I have been in Rome. I have traveled to Agra. I have seen the Taj Mahal. I have walked in the shadows of the pyramids. I have seen the Pantheon and the Parthenon. I have met with great leaders all over the world, face to face, such as the late President Sadat and Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek. I joined with the Generalissimo and the madam on their birthday up at Sun Moon Lake many years ago. But let me tell you, after having been to these four points of the compass, my favorite destination is still West Virginia.”