Yesterday Sandy and I talked about what we might have forgotten. I said that if we had cash/credit cards and the passports, we could make due. Then I added meds. This morning, I realized I had forgotten the lancets for my glucose test kit. Added a stop at a WalMart pharmacy to today's agenda.
There was nothing urgent today and less miles than yesterday, so we didn't get away until about 8:20.
Another clear day
Mt. Nebo near Pittsburgh
Crossing the Ohio River
The mighty Ohio
Carvana car vending machine near Canonsburg Pa
(I saw TV ads but thought they were a joke)
Canonsburg Pennsylvania is so picturesque
Lead BMW rider wearing shorts - no ATGATT???
Never ending roadwork on I-79/76 Washington Pennsylvania
Lots of trees
lots of alliterative W's
West Virginia Welcome Center
Sandy hurt herself on this curb in 2010
Lots of different levels
Fairmont West Virginia is quite high tech
WalMart Clarksburg West Virginia had lancets and a machine
I can't help thinking about "the last train to Clarksburg". Yes, I know its the wrong name...
Seeing more and more kiosks in US Mickey D's
Some West Virginia road work but less than our trip down in May
US 19 - Mountaineer Expressway between I-79 and I-77
The high point on US 19 before Summersville West Virginia
Mom, Dad and little gaffer (with sunglasses)
The second Mt. Nebo of the day
I think it was an old Caprice
Crossing New River Gorge Bridge
Guy at the front in the middle lane couldn't find his coins or something
Traffic was jammed up as soon as we got to I-79 in Beckley
This stretch of I-79 through Beckley used to be really rough. They resurfaced it a couple of years ago and now they were widening it. The holdup was a Celadon semi that was being hooked up to a wrecker. As I went to move left (a big rig gave me room) some woman with Colorado plates behind me pulled out and charged through. I came close to hitting her and it would not have been an accident.
Broken truck in one of the two lanes
Heavy wrecker folks
Second of the WV Turnpike toll booths
We're looking good
Camp Creek Hill is three miles long, doo dah, doo dah...
Lots of warnings and burnt brake smells
East River Mountain - the tunnel to Virginia
And here we are
They want the big rigs to keep moving fast
Second tunnel
Climbing toward Wytheville Virginia
Virginia State Troopers all blue lights
Wytheville Virginia
Mountain Empire Airport's sloped runway
Afternoon popup clouds
An oldie but a goodie
More clouds
Traffic grinds to a halt four miles from our destination
This is interesting
They build them
Got off at Exit 19 (two miles short)
Abingdon is a pretty place
Washington County Circuit Courthouse
Famous Barter Theater
We arrived at the Super 8 in Abingdon at 5:30 and got checked in. After we got settled, I found the WiFi was behaving oddly. It was enough to make me concerned that the access point had been spoofed. I never do any sensitive work over open WiFi anyway, but I had been meaning to set up a Virtual Personal Network for some time so I fired up data on the phone and got it done. The computer and both phones are now running under a VPN.
It was late when I got done and we still hadn't eaten so we walked down to McDonald's and I cheated by having a double quarter pounder with cheese. Sandy had the buttermilk chicken tenders.
The Super 8 and the McDonald's are further apart than they look
It isn't supposed to rain until 3:00 PM tomorrow afternoon, so we will probably get the ride in and stay dry. One other concern is that the car was making an odd noise from the front left at low speed as we drove through Abingdon, so I will check that out. Worst case, there will be a visit the Chev dealer first thing Monday morning.
Today's Route (421 Equinox/trailer miles):
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