Day Sixteen: US 50 East to... Luray, Virginia

Starting our sixteenth day

on US 50 East...

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Lance's Trailer Sales

Eastern rural Ohio

Welcome to West Virginia

The Ohio River

Terracing on the hill on the right

is the result of rock blasting.

My guess is... Oil Refinery

It's Road Construction Season

Bridgeport 

Opportunity Lives Here

This bridge crosses the creek

in front of the house.

 

The long & winding road...

Rain slashes our windshield.

The bare bones of a deserted

home

9% Incline for the next mile

Cool Springs Park has Shakes,

Cones, Sodas, Sundaes &

Foot Long Hot Dogs.

Slow down for the curves

ahead.

Eric & I drive past a

General Store.

Maryland Welcomes You

Enjoy Your Visit

There's a stretch of straight

road ahead...

We return to West Virginia

West Virginia Schools for

the Deaf and the Blind

Fog comes in on little cat feet

& settles around us.

One of several small bridges

we cross on today's drive.

Welcome to Virginia

Virginia Is For Lovers

This stretch of US 50 East is

 a divided four-lane highway.

We are leaving US 50 East

to drive south on US 340/

US 522.

A ghost sign on the side of a

building in Front Royal.

There are three versions of the origin of the name Front Royal.  The first version is from Colonial military commands.  The second version involves Revolutionary War.  The challenge word by the sentry was Front and the responding password was Royal.  The third version includes the French phrase "le front royale."

It feels like we're in a green,

leafy tunnel...

This chimney is the only remnant

of the house that once stood on

this spot.

Eric & I are staying at

Luray's KOA Holiday

for a few days.

It's great to stop after sixteen

days of continuous travel.

Day Fifteen: US 50 East to Athens, Ohio

Today's drive starts at a 

"sign garden."

(US 50 East... )

Welcome to Ohio

A roadside Scrapyard

The Cincinnati skyline

Paul Brown Stadium is the home

of the Cincinnati Bengals.

Grey mesh covers the lower

part of this hillside, preventing

erosion & keeping debris out

of the roadway.

Eric & I drive beneath huge

shade trees in the Village of

Mariemont.

The GPS prompts us to drive south to Ohio State Route 32, a faster route.  Eric and I stay on our chosen route, US 50 East.

Future "Widow Makers" loom

 over passing vehicles.

 

Here's proof that oHIo is

high in the middle.

Eric and I attended an Election Rally at the Ohio State Capitol in 2012.  An organizer used the call and response to warm up the crowd.  The call was OH! and the response was IO!  Senator Marco Rubio was the featured speaker.  

Welcome to Bainbridge

Watch for Amish Buggies

Eric & I drive past farms.

This piece of farm equipment 

takes up the entire the lane & 

road shoulder as it moves

from field to field.

Today's drive is lovely, &

Garage Sale free!

A sign that no one can miss...

City of Athens lettering on 

this overpass.

Our GPS directs us through

Ohio University on brick

covered streets.

This building reminds me of

a fortified castle.

It's the Athens, Ohio Armory.

We arrive at the city's Walmart.

The store is WAY back there...  

This large adjoining lot has

lots of space for "big rigs."

Our neighbors are

tractor trailers.

Today's drive was five and a half hours on the slower US Route 50.  Eric and I agreed that today's leisurely pace allowed us to see Ohio's smaller towns, cities, and rural areas.