Back at the cabin

We were moving very slowly this morning and ambled down to the breakfast room at the motel.  There was a group of young baseball players from Kentucky ahead of us in line.  They were in Richmond, IN for a Babe Ruth baseball tournament with the winner advancing to Utah for the final games.  One player said they were 13-15 yr old and a couple looked like they could have been 18 or older.  They were a polite and respectable group and it was a pleasure to see them.  We wished them good luck in their game today against a team from Michigan.

We finally were on the road around 9:30am and heading east on I-70.  We made really good time driving and arrived in Zanesville, OH in time to do some shopping at the pottery stores.  I won't say what we bought, but our oldest daughter is going to be happy with the purchase.  Sorry about that Henry!

They were calling for some severe weather in the area and I was anxious to get back on the road before it started.  As we headed east on I-70 our luck ran out with a 5-6 mile backup and traffic down to one lane for construction.  We finally got through that only to run into another backup a few miles down the road.  This one wasn't so bad and we made it through there without too much delay.

The two delays got us into Wheeling, WV just as the skies opened up and dumped about 2-3 inches of rain on us.  It was raining so hard that the big trucks even slowed down.  We had the windshield wipers on full blast and it was very difficult to see around.  The emergency flashers were on also and that helped others to see us.  It rained like that for a few miles and then eased up.  Later in PA it rained so hard that we got off the interstate and stopped at a small gas station.  It was full of cars trying to avoid driving in the heavy  rain.  We left after 20 minutes and drove slow to let the rain clouds move east of us.  

We had another heavy downpour the last 30 miles as we approached the cabin.  One road was shut down due to a very bad accident.  We used the GPS to navigate on country roads around the accident and get back on a major road.  No problem.

Right now we are just about ready to hit the hay and sleep in as long as we can in the morning.

We drove 2800 miles in 6 days and completed all the work we had in Sioux Falls.  There was also some time devoted to geocaching and just being tourists.  The car ran fine and we averaged 27mpg on the trip and that was a pleasant surprise also.

Not much else to report, so good night all.