THE FIRST WEEKEND

We left home on Thursday afternoon the 6th and rode to Wytheville Virginia. 

Friday morning we left Wytheville and headed north into West Virginia.  Just north of Fayette WV is the New River and the New River Bridge. 

At 3,030 feet long, the New River Bridge is the longest single arch steel bridge in the world.  The roadway is 876 feet above the river making this the second highest bridge in the U.S.  The arch is 1,700 feet wide at the base.  The bridge was constructed between June of 1973 and October of 1977 at a cost of $37M.

We spent Friday and Saturday night at Jane's folk's place in Washington, PA.

 

On Friday evening we went to visit Jane's sister Janet and took her a box of her favorite Little Debbie snack.

 

On Sunday morning we left Jane's folks place and traveled to northwestern Pennsylvania.  One stretch of highway we took was PA 666, referred to by many as the Pennsylvania 'hell' road, primarily because of the route number, not because of the road conditions.  The road runs through the Allegheny National Forest and alongside the Tionesta Creek for about 30 miles.

On Saturday evening we had pizza with one of Jane's classmates and her husband who still live in Washington.  We mentioned that we were going across the 'hell' road and her husband said that when we went through the Lynch community we could see some of his work.  He works for the U.S. Geological Survey and part of his job involves installing monitoring and communication equipment along rivers and streams around the country.  

 



 

 

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