Onward to Columbus, Ohio - December 14-16, 2008

After departing Jacksonville, North Carolina, we continued our leisurely drive along the back roads of the Eastern U.S. and enjoyed seeing the beautiful countrysides of North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia (again), and Ohio.

In Virginia, we passed through the small town of Lawrenceville and spotted a Celtic cross at the St. Andrew's Episcopal Church -- turns out it was a Dead Poet's Memorial to Goronwy Owen, one of the 18th century's greatest Welsh poets. What an unexpected surprise! Next we passed through the Geographical Center of Virginia. Not much to see here, but very cool just the same.

From there we made our way to the Lincoln Highway and spotted many, many Lincoln Highway Markers and points of interest along the way and stopped at a few. We would have loved to spend more time in Chambersburg and McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania, but needed to make tracks to Ohio.
Once we made it into Ohio, we decided to make a short detour to the Salt Fork State Park to see if we could spot a North Country Trail marker. The trail runs through this park and overlaps with the Buckeye Trail. We spotted markers for the Buckeye Trail, but no markings specifically for the North Country Trail. I guess we'll just have to keep looking. Anyway, before leaving this state park, white things started falling from the sky. Aack! Snow! We don't have that in Florida. Oh boy.