Our trip over the mountains through WV and MD along US 50 was uneventful. Traffic was very light save for the three or four construction zones we went through. US 50 through WV and western MD has quite a few twisty bits that can be quite fun!
We stopped for lunch in Clarksburg, WV. By this time the temperatures were climbing into the upper 80's. After lunch, we broke out the cool wraps which really help. It is like having a little A/C blowing on your neck and chest.
We crossed over the Ohio river near Parkersburg.
We made our turn north around Athens, OH and traded US 50 for US 33.
As we entered Columbus, OH, we decided that we would make a quick fuel and rest break once we were on the North side of Columbus. We couldn't afford to take too long at the stop as we were tracking a line of thunderstorms to the west that were pushing east.
We didn't want to get caught in those so with only about 50 miles to go, we fueled up, refreshed our cool wraps and pushed on. We heard on the radio that most of the country is in a heat wave, no kidding!
North of Columbus, the scenery changed from the familiar wooded hill sides to wide open farm lands.
Looks like corn is still king. Speaking of kings, we saw a Dairy King earlier in the day passing through a little town in WV, just down the street from the Dairy Queen.
We arrived in Upper Sandusky at around 5pm and before the rain....which it turns out decided to not fall at all!
Tomorrow we will continue north into Michigan and cross the famous Mackinac Bridge, which is the longest suspension bridge (between anchorages) in the western hemisphere and 16th longest in the world. If we are successful in crossing the bridge, we will then head into Canada and attempt to answer all the deep and probing questions by the border guards as to why we would want to visit Canada.
We stopped for lunch in Clarksburg, WV. By this time the temperatures were climbing into the upper 80's. After lunch, we broke out the cool wraps which really help. It is like having a little A/C blowing on your neck and chest.
We crossed over the Ohio river near Parkersburg.
As we entered Columbus, OH, we decided that we would make a quick fuel and rest break once we were on the North side of Columbus. We couldn't afford to take too long at the stop as we were tracking a line of thunderstorms to the west that were pushing east.
North of Columbus, the scenery changed from the familiar wooded hill sides to wide open farm lands.
We arrived in Upper Sandusky at around 5pm and before the rain....which it turns out decided to not fall at all!
Tomorrow we will continue north into Michigan and cross the famous Mackinac Bridge, which is the longest suspension bridge (between anchorages) in the western hemisphere and 16th longest in the world. If we are successful in crossing the bridge, we will then head into Canada and attempt to answer all the deep and probing questions by the border guards as to why we would want to visit Canada.
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