On Day 3 of our journey we woke up to the view of the Gateway Arch, across the Mississippi, which was at flood stage due to the previous day's storms. It was really windy and we were not sure if we were going to be able to tour the Arch. To our surprise, the Arch was open, so we made our reservations, with less than one half hour to get there. Not a problem, right as we are just across the river-except we had to go through security like at the airport and I forgot I had mace in my purse. While I waited in line, Al jogged back to the parking lot (about 1/2 mile) dropped of the mace, and jogged back. We got through security, bought our National Park Senior passes, picked up our ... read more

We started our trip today at 9:00 am, with our first overnight stay in Huntington, WV. We are so excited to get on the road and hope to send lots of photos and interesting stories on the way. We crossed into Maryland at 10:15 am traveling route 64 through the scenic Appalachian Mountains. The weather was overcast so we did not take any photos. We reached WV by noon and stopped near Morgantown at the Forks of Cheat Winery and Distillery. Although they had authentic WV moonshine(very pricey) for sale, we opted for Pomegranate and Merlot wine. We travelled south route 79 which was surprisingly beautiful (after we got far enough south that the ground fog dissipated). It was very curvaceous, undulating and turning green. We now understand why they call the West Virginia University students ... read more