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Monday: Elkins to Elkins

Today's planned route a sprint to get out of the northeast:



We grabbed Panera to go for lunch in Oneonta NY then found a wide spot in the road to eat. A chicken appeared out of the woods and tried to make friends with Bee and she was NOT interested. "IT'S GONNA PECK ME!!!"
 


We drove thru Nicholson PA in the rain, past the Tunkhannock viaduct. Built in 1911, it was then and still is the largest concrete arch bridge in the entire world.



Nap time!!!!!


We stopped in Altoona, PA to see Horseshoe Curve. Still raining, so we didn't get out of the car, but we did see a train going around, so that was enough.


Gyros for dinner - they were great. 

From there we navigated WV Corridor H - a discontinuous freeway that sometimes is a wide, beautiful, fat road, and sometimes is a narrow, twisting backroad. WV has no good east/west travel route due to the geography of the Appalachains, and Corridor H is the solution. They've been working on it in segments for YEARS, despite minimal federal support and resistance from VA. If/when finished it'll really help the WV economy.


Pulled into Elkins WV around 10:30. A long day!

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