Thoughts along the way
We left this morning just as the snow started, but by the time we reached Toledo, the wind was very gusty and the snow was driving. Maybe there wasn't going to be a lot of accumulated snow, but visibility was definitely poor.
We'd stopped at Cabela's to pick up chemical hand and foot warmers. We're going to be standing out in 30 degree weather on Tuesday for 5 or 6 hours, and I'm a delicate flower. I hate being cold. That stop, however, meant the snow had really passed us.
We thought, from the weather map before we left, that the snow would stop at the Ohio border, so I decided that, since I was driving the first leg, I'd ignore the Ohio Turnpike and just drive south-west to Dayton and pick up I-70. I hoped to drive through the snow and wind in an hour.
It took two.
By 1:30, we were past Dayton, the roads were dry, and it was time to fill the car and eat lunch. David drove most of second leg of the trip, which took us all the way here, to Washington, PA. We got here around 6:00 pm.
Tomorrow we'll drop south and go through West Virginia and Maryland, going through the Cumberland Gap. This is the way my ancesters left Maryland and Virginia to move to Ohio and Kentucky in the 18th Century. I always like re-tracing their steps. I also like taking this part of the journey in daylight.
We're due for an inch of snow overnight, and have some mountainous roads to travel. I'll drive -- but I want to stop and take a photo or two once we get to the Potomac.
If we leave early enough, we can be in Washington by noon. I'd really like that.
We'd stopped at Cabela's to pick up chemical hand and foot warmers. We're going to be standing out in 30 degree weather on Tuesday for 5 or 6 hours, and I'm a delicate flower. I hate being cold. That stop, however, meant the snow had really passed us.
We thought, from the weather map before we left, that the snow would stop at the Ohio border, so I decided that, since I was driving the first leg, I'd ignore the Ohio Turnpike and just drive south-west to Dayton and pick up I-70. I hoped to drive through the snow and wind in an hour.
It took two.
By 1:30, we were past Dayton, the roads were dry, and it was time to fill the car and eat lunch. David drove most of second leg of the trip, which took us all the way here, to Washington, PA. We got here around 6:00 pm.
Tomorrow we'll drop south and go through West Virginia and Maryland, going through the Cumberland Gap. This is the way my ancesters left Maryland and Virginia to move to Ohio and Kentucky in the 18th Century. I always like re-tracing their steps. I also like taking this part of the journey in daylight.
We're due for an inch of snow overnight, and have some mountainous roads to travel. I'll drive -- but I want to stop and take a photo or two once we get to the Potomac.
If we leave early enough, we can be in Washington by noon. I'd really like that.
posted by Sabra Briere | 3:53 PM
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