Hello from Kentucky!
After a great time [and fab weather too!] in Morgantown we headed off down the road. West Virginia is very mountainous, so the bus got quite a workout. We headed for Charleston, WV., crossing over via RT. 60. The road was almost all switchbacks, narrow, and went through coal mining country. For all the miners do, the area is povery stricken. But there are alot of state parks which are beautiful. We stayed in the Kanawha Forest in this wonderful campground. Great sites for camping, streams all around and a wonderful retired gent as camp host. We spent 4.5 hours of hiking the hills the next day. Warm and sunny weather continued! Wednesday I [Scott here...] did a 15 mile bike ride through the valley. In the little towns the elderly wave and say hello, but everyone else keeps to themselves if your not from around there. My sister Sue reminded me that the Kanawha Forest is a site of high spiritual energy from the book: The Celistine Prophecy. I read the book a long time ago and had forgotten. Interesting read.
From there we went to Natural Bridges State Park , in the Daniel Boone National Forest, Kentucky. Spent the next day hiking [we should have great quads if this pace keeps up!]. Wonderful cliffs and rock formations, had lunch at Miguel's, a pizza place and rock climbers hot spot. John's youngest, Dylan, has spent alot of time there climbing. Since last June Dyl has been traveling the country also, rock climbing his way coast to coast and up into the Rockies. Our paths will connect in the next day or two as he heads back to Maine so we will have some time to spend with him.
Tonight we landed in the Mammouth Cave area. Cave exploring for a few days and then off to...?
One thing I wanted to tell you about was right before we left Maine we went on a scenic plane ride with our friend John. He has his own plane, called last minute and said meet me at the airport. We had a great time seeing the coast of Maine from the air. A truely wonderful gift. Thank you John.
sitting in front of the fire,
Scott and johnney
Sounds like you guys are having a great time. Wouldn't I like to be there. ;-) As you probably know Willie has come through his surgery well. Don't know if he has figured out how to post here yet. His e-mail got hacked so watch out for strange e-mails from him if nothing in the "Subject" you should just delete. :-( Take care Bob
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