Map. Back to US36, east to I-71, south across Columbus to I-270, east to US23, south to Chillicothe, US35 south to OH34, south to I-64, east to I-77, south to I-81 at Wytheville, VA.
Beware I-77 in West Virginia! It is Interstate, but it is also the WV Turnpike, a toll road, and it is among the worst roads we have been on the entire trip! It is a concrete highway and every expansion joint is a bump. Even the repairs are being made in concrete and every repair is a bump. And, I remind you, you have to pay extra for using this insult of a highway.
That said, the scenery was more pleasing today, even with the all day overcast. The mountain forests are beginning to show their Fall colors, mostly as a blush, but some almost as a pastel painting, and a few a blaze of glory! And there was even one ridge that treated us to a long view across the tops of the neighboring mountains as we crested it. Beautiful.
We could have driven all the way home tonight, but since it takes a couple of hours to unload the moho after we get there we decided to delay arriving until tomorrow.
It occurred to me that our dinner tonight (last of the trip, darn it) was appropriate. Hot dogs and beans -- and tater salad. Our food budget tapped out? Not really, here we are in Wytheville, VA, eating hot dogs that were really handmade bratwurst from Restvedt & Son Meat Market, of Ennis, MT, near Yellowstone NP. Our favorite brats from our favorite meat market near one of our favorite places in the world. The beans and tater salad were Amish Baked Beans and Amish Potato Salad which MMG bought at the Meijer's in Columbus, OH. They both were different, but really good. The beans were both BBQ hot and sweet and the tater salad was like a combination mayonnaise and mustard tater salad, with a sweet kicker. YUM!
That's about it for the trip and the blog. Will try to do a recap in the next couple of days.
It's been fun -- both the trip and doing the blog. Hope you all have enjoyed at as much as we have!
Love to all.
MMG and DDG
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