in the air, and on the knuckles as we steered the fluttermobile toward the beltway, as the best wx knowledge I could find was to avoid the 301/95/64/81/64 through West (BG) Virginia. So, girded for battle, we headed north up to DC. It turned out to be not so bad, as we only came to a standstill twice, and then maybe for only about 17 minutes (which of course seems like an ice age). We finally hit I70 and headed west, only finding a few places where people facing a snow constricted lane ahead veered out in front of you. Yikes! Diverting onto I68 to Morgantown, we then dove south toward Charleston on I79 (riveting reading, eh?). That portion of the drive turned out to be the prettiest, as all the trees were still snow covered, making a “winter wonderland”. Deer grazed by the road (more white knuckles) and we only saw two trucks overturned in the median (with more briefish slowdowns as stout wreckers tried to extract them). Unfortunately the camera stayed in the bag. Another 4 hours from Charleston and we safely holed up for the night in Lexington, KY. 11 hours, 608 hard fought miles with only a couple of “Holy…s…s!”. Due to the rather late arrival, we eschewed a dinner at our favorite “Johnathon’s at Gratz Park”, a lovely spot, and instead hunkered down with a very nice (Aus.) Henschke ’07 Eden Valley Riesling, some cheese we brought for the purpose, some Whitley’s nuts, and Monday night football. Spirits (so to speak, revivied).
Tuesday was a comparative cake walk (drive?) as the snow dwindled the further west got, and we were able to enjoy the Kentucky country side in the daylight, although a lot fot he time this is what we saw:
As we’ve noted before, the area around Lexington is just beautiful with lovely barns and rolling hills. I could really enjoy living in that area. Besides all the rolling green hills and “horsey” stuff, there’s always the Bourbon Trail to investigate. They are hosting the World Equestrian Games next year, and there’s already lots adverts about it. As MFO took her turn at the wheel, I did unleash the camera and was able to get a few shots from the car of some local scenery and culture. Its always amazing to see what great things there are in our great country. Scenery ranged from the natural
Urban settings like Louisville:
further west into
With a few cultural oddities here and there
But by and large the country and its people provided the best scenes
A special report on STL restaurants will be forthcoming….for which, of course, we were appropriately
DFD
have a great Christmas Eve
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