Blue Collar Joe's

Adventure time! It was time to start moving north again so that we would have the RV back by the return deadline. We had about 700 miles to cover in our final four days and we hoped to spread it out pretty evenly. Today we were heading north through the mountains of West Virginia. The campground attendants at New River Junction told Rachelle about some special doughnut store about an hour away. That was enough information for me to plan our route! We hit Blue Collar Joe's right on schedule. It  took about 30 more minutes for Rachelle and the girls to pick out their flavors. Gotta say, it was worth the trip.

Mmm, Mmm... Donuts

We had a beautiful drive through the mountains on the back roads of West Virgina. I had never been to West Virginia before, but I loved it. It reminded me of my home state of Vermont. Rolling hills and lots of greenery—but not quite as much agriculture in the areas we traveled. For the third travel day in a row, we took advantage of Rachelle's iPhone to find a lunch stop on-the-fly using her Yelp app. I just searched for restaurants near a town along our route, ranked the results by rating, and then read some of the reviews. In every case, we found a cute & fun place to stop. In fact, we made only one chain-fast food stop during our whole trip (and that was only because we were hamstrung by an RV repair appointment). On this day, we made our way to the Stardust Cafe, a funky little place in Lewisburg, WV. As the sign says, this was a cool town. I don't know if there's anything going on in Lewisburg, but I could imagine living there.

Lewisburg, West Virginia

During these long driving days, Keiko and Amaya would typically split their time reading and watching videos on the portable DVD players that we gave them for an early birthday present (oh, and let's not forget about the quality time they spent bickering with each other). They would peek out the window occassionally, but they weren't particularly interested in soaking up the views. For the most part, though, they handled themselves very well during the long travel days. I wish that  I had taken more photos of the scenery along our route in West Virginia. It was a great drive.