Day 196

Today we had our day of adventure to Logan, West Virginia on the motorcycle.

Why Logan, West Virginia?? Why not?? It was chosen for the route - the curvy-ness of the road and the potential for beautiful scenery. We were up and gone before 8:00 in the morning. For an overnight trip we don't need to pack too much. A change of clothes, some walking shoes, our toothbrushes, and we're good to go. 

The animals got their breakfasts, we had a cup of coffee and headed out. It wasn't too cold. We needed our jackets and gloves, but we've driven in colder weather. Our first stop was breakfast in Jeffersonville. It's the restaurant at the Flying J Truck Stop. It used to be just the Flying J Restaurant, but it is now Denny's - which is fine for us. 

We split a "make your own" Grand Slam where we choose the four items. Wade got eggs, potatoes, and half a biscuit. I had the oatmeal and other half of the biscuit. Perfect and I still couldn't finish the oatmeal. 
We came across some fun roads, lots of curves and scenery. We drove along the Ohio River through Ohio and crossed over into West Virginia. 
Some of the areas we drove through in West Virginia were very, VERY depressed areas and I tried to imagine in my head what they might have looked like in good times. And there were an average of 1-2 churches every half mile. Amazing!! So many "Baptist" churches. 

We arrived at around 3:30 at the Chief Logan National Forest Confer-ence Center. Beautiful view from our room. We have a pretty big suite with a patio area. It's pretty quiet here tonight since it's a Sunday night. We may get some rain tonight, but it should be clear tomorrow morning. But we were so tired when we arrived (that happens to old people when they ride on motorcycles all day) and the dining room closed at 3:00. 

After a short nap, we went to the gift shop to see if they had anything we could buy that might resemble dinner, but it's just candy. The lady at the front desk gave us a menu from Giovanni's which will deliver to the lodge. We ordered:
Baked Spaghetti and Meatballs (which came with garlic bread),  
Fried Raviolis with Marinara Sauce,
and two forks. Not a bad dinner for two old people. We ate what we could and put the rest in the fridge in our room. It's available for us if we want to nibble again later tonight. 
Right now, Wade is watching football and I'll either watch something on the computer or read the book that I brought. It's a new one I got called, "A Twisted Faith" by Gregg Olsen. It is a true story that has been discussed on NBC's Dateline. I bought a used copy through amazon.com and only spent a few dollars. I love buying used books off that website.