Day #3: Guyandotte Campground to Island Campground Bartow, WV, in the Monongahela National Forest.
https://goo.gl/maps/5LevYxdLrQsSf3W17Ahh....day3, and, YEP, it rained again last night..SUCCESS
Today was a planned short day, after over 700 miles in the first 2 days, Melony and I both were ready for an EZ day.
We hang out a bit to let the tent dry, and have our morning instant coffee, before packing it up, maybe it won't rain today....LMAO
Our exact routes weren't planned out this trip, we were just riding in the general direction of where we wanted to end up at the end of the day...so we roamed around a bit at times, taking our time.
We stopped for breakfast at a place called Tudor's Biscuit World, in Oceana, WV. I had never heard of this place before, but, apparently they're everywhere in West Virginia, we saw them in several of the towns we rode through. Good breakfast, BIG biscuits and all the typical breakfast stuff.
We passed a large mining operation, on Hwy 99, that had a BIG sign for the designated "AMBULANCE ENTRANCE". Now, we have procedures in place for someone to meet an ambulance when they come on site, to escort them the quickest route to where they're needed....BUT, we don't have a giant sign for the ambulance exclusive entrance. You know it's gotta be a good feeling when you go to work and drive past that sign.
Dropping down into the New River Gorge area we pass by an Amtrak station, on Hwy 41. I found it an odd place for one, since it's close to NOTHING....
I really need to rig up a mic so ya'll can hear both sides of Melony and I's conversations...LOL
We make a couple of out of the way turns here and there, but in my defense, we weren't on a time schedule. We find the campground, finally, and it's a bit disappointing. Big gravel on the spot you need to put your tent, no grass in sight, and it's a bit too close to the highway...as you can tell in the video. We get all setup and a lady walks by and tells us they've been there a week and have seen a bear hanging around 3 times in the week...GREAT, now Melony won't sleep all night.
OH.....It rained on us AGAIN TODAY.
Setting up camp
Dinner time and campground discussion....
Bedtime discussion on bears, chiggers, and swollen feet.
Overall it was a good, fun day on the road...no pressure, no timetable. Oh, the same lady that told us about the bear also told us it wasn't supposed to rain the next couple of days....we shall see.
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