Our trip here from Ontario, Canada took us through New York State on I-90. Exited at a toll booth on the Pennsylvania border, paid $5.20 and continued on the I-90. Entered Ohio driving on a narrow road along the Erie Shoreline to Geneva State Park, for $30.00 for one night.
The next morning we drove to Milton KAO, West Virginia for two nights.
While there toured the Blenko Glass Company, founded in the early 1890's by William Blenko from London England. He came with the purpose to produce hand blown glass for stain glass windows. In America he found a market for glass, the raw material, fuel and the labour required. Some of the famous installations & customers: Liverpool Cathedral London, Art Institute of Chicago, Smithsonian Institute.
There were many duck and geese on the pond there. The owner feeds them so they like it there.
From there we drove on I-64 E towards Charlton, West Virgina. We travelled along Kanawha River, forty-five minutes later we turned on #77 South, 'The West Virginia Turnpike'. It cost us $2.50 going through 3 toll stations. The highway has many hair-pin turns as it winds up and down through the hills and valleys. I took a video of part of our trip. The elevations got to 2800 ft. Near Beckly , WV.
The West Virginia Turnpike is a toll road in West Virginia. It is also signed as I-77 for its entire length as well as- 64 from Charlton to just south of Beckley, the road extends south to Princeton. The Turnpike contains three toll stations. Historically, the West Virginia Turnpike was a two-lane road with treacherous curves and a tunnel (which has since been decommissioned). Construction began in 1952, several years before the Eisenhower Interstate System was funded. It was only in 1986 that the entire length of the Turnpike was upgraded to Interstate standards. Due to the difficulty and lives lost in construction, it has also been called "88 miles of miracle”.
At 11:00am we entered Virginia going through a long tunnel through the Appalachian Mountains. The grades of the highway were of 5% and signs were posted to slow down to prevent tipping on the big trucks. The elevations here was 3200 ft. We drove through another tunnel before the valleys widen out. Farms, cattle, corn fields and vineyards started to show up in the green valleys and rolling hills.We arrived in North Carolina on November 11, 2013.
So until next time remember "Discover It and Live It".
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