We had a wonderful breakfast at the B & B. Then we started out our day by climbing a steep hill to get to Rt 136. I love to climb hills, but not first thing in the morning especially on a full stomach. It was a beautiful sunny day with temps in the 70's. The day turned out to be hilly all day but then it was pretty much what we expected. The traffic wasn't too bad but there were a few drivers who were just annoying. Hap asked me if I had my target shirt on today. At times it felt like it. There was one ol' guy in a pick up truck who was trying to pass us just as we were crossing some railroad tracks, with another car coming toward us. There was no shoulder. He was right on the trailer. He was going really slow just sort of following us. I could see what was happening and I did the math and realized that all three of us (four counting Hap!) wasn't going to fit at the same time over the tracks. I yelled at Hap and he just pulled off the road and stopped. It was pretty exciting. And it just made no sense. But we made it safely over the tracks and headed down the road. We are back on the "S" route which was a really nice route. In the hotel Hap spent alot of the evening cleaning up the bike. It was pretty dirty from the time on the trail.
This morning we left Washington on National Route 40 paralleling Interstate 70. But this time we left in the pouring rain. It stopped during the day but was overcast and in the 50's all day. When we crossed into West Virginia it was our 26 state of the trip! That's amazing. It sure doesn't seem like we have gone that far. When we arrived in Wheeling it began to rain again. It was a very pretty ride today. Not much traffic and the weather didn't bother us much. Thank goodness for gortex raingear. We checked into a Super 8 and took a hot shower. Then walked across the street to a Wendy's. In the hotel we did our laundry, did some reading and watched TV. Nothing too exciting today. For dinner we ordered a pizza. Tomorrow we plan to ride south down the Ohio River toward Portsmouth, OH. Later.
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