Wheeling

Our next day was another long one, from Columbia to Wheeling, WV. Wheeling would put us a reasonable distance from New York City; the plan being that we'd have a bit of time to get out and see some things there on our arrival day.

We did want to make a stop in St Louis to see the Gateway Arch, though, so we bugged out early and made our way down I-70 to St Louis. DJ had never seen the arch and was suitably impressed. We did not go up it, as we really did not have time, but we did walk around the base and got some good photos.

After that it was off through southern Illinois and into Indiana, where we stopped at a very cool rest stop with a race car theme honoring the Indianapolis 500. We then hit up "What's the Scoop?" for ice cream. This was weirdly located inside a gun store/shooting range, which we did not love. But the people were nice and the ice cream was excellent.

We stopped for another "linner" at Pierogi Mountain in Columbus, OH. The pierogis were good, if not great. It was fun to go to a local place and sample some upper Midwest food.

We rolled into Wheeling as it was getting dark after 686 miles of driving. We didn't have time to explore the town, but the setting looked very pretty. It was a good American rivers day as we crossed the Missouri, the Mississippi, and the Ohio.Baca selengkapnya