Fall 2018, Day 42 - From West Virginia To HOME!

Friday, Oct. 5, 2018 - From West Virginia To HOME = 835 miles driving:

in 15 hours 15 minutes.

There was no breakfast, so I left at 6:30 and ate misc. in the car. Driving through West Virginia in the dark can be a little hairy, but when the sun rose, the misty clouds/fog swirls among the mountains was pretty cool. Crossed into Maryland 4 hours later:


Fun seeing my namesake road:

right before entering Pennsylvania at 12:23

Sometime you just encounter stop-and-go traffic out in the middle of nowhere:

That happened a half-dozen times on my trip today.

Got "Welcomed to New York" at 4:16

And from there it was just getting gas and food, and heading HOME.

It was cool in Manchester:

and this screen means that My Trip (trip B) went 10000 miles plus 2422.5:

12,423 miles in 42 days (6 weeks) - pretty great Adventure!

Thank you God for Art, and Nature, and for these Wonderful Adventures!

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deals with The New England 4000 footers, the New England 100 Highest, etc etc.
Less roads, more mountains.

Driving Music:

William Gibson - Count Zero (Chapters 6 through 24 [the end]), 1986 (his second book)


WOW - that was, like, 12 hours of audiobook!

Counting Crows - New Amsterdam: Live at Heineken Music Hall February 4–6, 2003, 2006 live album


James Taylor - Never Die Young, 1988


And I cannot think of a better way to end this trip than:

Livingston Taylor - Life Is Good, 1988

Fall 2018, Day 41 - Berea College Museum of Art, Cumberland Gap

Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018 - Art (Berea College Museum of Art) and Exploration (Cumberland Gap) = 484 miles driving:


I had a nice chat with a couple at breakfast. They were heading up to Ohio to see their grandchildren. When I told them my plans, the woman said she grew up near Cumberland Gap (Pineville), and the man reminded me about losing an hour with the Time Zone change just east of here.

It was a nice drive through Kentucky, and I reached the Doris Ullman Galleries (the Museum of Art at Berea College) a little after 10 AM:

I had stopped by Berea College a year ago, but their galleries were closed at that time. So this year I called ahead - YES, the Thomas Moran is up:

Thomas Moran - "The Cliff Dwellers", 1899





I was in stop-and-go traffic down I-75 South:

(Wendy showed me the "mirror trick".)

By 2 PM I was down at the Cumberland Gap National Historic Park:

They have a great little Visitor Center:





After asking, I drove up the twisty-turny Skyland Road to Pinnacle Overlook (Fort Lyon is above it):


Although the Fort Lyon site is higher, it has more trees around it. The Overlook is out by itself:







I then headed back the road to another parking area, and climbed up through the Cumberland Gap:

Me and Daniel Boone:


There was a new/shorter/easier trail:

and an old/longer/harder trail:

All in all, a Great Little Adventure!

I headed out of the Park, and then up on US-119 North. It is a super twisty-turny road that goes up through Eastern Kentucky and West Virginia:

and it even goes through Harlan County (where the show "Justified" is based):



It was not fun driving the last dozen miles in the dark to get to the Travelodge in Comfort, West Virginia.

Thank you God for Art, and Nature, and for these Wonderful Adventures!

Blogging Music:

Pat Metheny Trio - Live, 2000


Driving Music:

Because I didn't hear enough BLUES in New Orleans and Memphis:

various artists - New Millennium Blues Party, 1973


1. Hoochie Coochie Man - Eric Clapton
2. Smoking Gun - Robert Cray Band
3. It Hurt So Bad - Susan Tedeschi
4. Manish Boy - Muddy Waters
5. Bad To The Bone - George Thorogood & The Destroyers
6. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl - Johnny Lang
7. Tuff Enuff - The Fabulous Thunderbirds
8. Runaway - Bonnie Raitt
9. Smoke Stack Lightning - Howlin' Wolf
10. Born With A Broken Heart - Kenny Wayne Shepherd
11. Ain't Wastin' Time No More - The Allman Brothers Band
12. Something's Got A Hold On Me - Etta James
13. Born Under A Bad Sign - Albert King
14. Johnny B. Goode - Johnny Winter
15. Big Boss Man - Jimmy Reed
16. The Thrill Is Gone - B.B. King
17. Dust My Broom - Elmore James
18. Wang Dang Doodle - Koko Taylor
19. Boom Boom - John Lee Hooker
20. Flood Down In Texas - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble

Paul Simon - There Goes Rhymin' Simon, 1973


Paul Simon - Still Crazy After All These Years, 1975


lyrics: "Slip Sliding Away"

God only knows
God makes his plan
The information’s unavailable
To the mortal man
We’re working our jobs
Collect our pay
Believe we’re gliding down the highway
When in fact we’re slip slidin’ away

Taj Mahal - Giant Step, 1969


Garland Jeffreys - Ghost Writer, 1977


The Rolling Stones - Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!, 1970 live album


The Rolling Stones - Shine a Light, 2008 live double album


Paula Abdul - Shut Up and Dance: Mixes, 1990


Then because I was going through Harlan County, Kentucky:

Gangstagrass - Lightning on the Strings: Thunder on the Mic, 2010


Long Hard Times To Come [main title theme for "Justified"] (Gangstagrass, feat.T.O.N.E-Z )

This song is SO COOL - I even bought it on iTunes!

Steely Dan - Gaucho, 1980