Day Two: Wet and Wild West Virginia

Day Two: Wet and Wild West Virginia

It's 11:00pm EST and we're exhausted. We left Gettysburg at 8:30am and got to Princeton, West Virgina 12 hours later. Not because it was twelve hours of driving time, but we had several rain delays, and unlike yesterday, not a bar in sight.

It was cloudy and overcast when we left Gettysburg, but not before an emergency stop at the Gettysburg's National Monument Park Visitor's Center. We had planned to send our 6 year old grandson, Zander, a post card each day, and we forgot to get one when we arrived on Friday. The side benefit was a brief  ride through Monument Park, and another reminder of my promised 4 day weekend. : )

We experienced our first rain, sprinkles really, outside of  Chambersburg. It was annoying more than anything else, but if forced us to don denim jackets.  It was on Route 9 that we had the first soaking rain. Luckilly, Jason spied a picnic bench with a covered area and we pulled in, bike and all. We sat for 45 minutes before deciding it was time to break out the unattractive rain gear and forge on.  I laughed and said we'd probably get two miles down the road and find nothing but sunshine ahead of us.

Boy, was I wrong....

And boy, am I tired.  I'll finish this Tale of Three Deluges in the morning.