Driving east to west in middle West Virginia is a bit of a challenge. Kent says it is much improved from his younger days but we still encounter quite the roller coaster of 10+% grades up and down. He is pretty busy driving but I can enjoy the view. The rugged rocky spine of Seneca Rocks stands in stark contrast to the surrounding timber covered mountains. We pass by the little restaurant where we watched climbers and shared lunch with Mike and Tracy back in 2015. An overcast sky seems to bring out subtle autumn colors on the mountainsides filling the day with perfect fall views. We see a most impressive flight of a turkey; he spreads those huge wings and dives off the ridge to our left, glides across all four lanes of our highway plus a two lane beside us and manages to land in a tree on the far side. I wonder what made him take that risky trip?
A few miles of curly two lane along the Kanawha River bring us to our home for a week or so as we catch up with friends and family in Kent’s home stomping grounds, Mason County WV.