Back through West Virginia

We left Indiana this morning heading east. We had thought that it may take us 3 slow days of traveling to get to Virginia, but we made it a little more than halfway today, stopping at Tamarack in Beckley, West Virginia, for the night. We stopped here back in July too (https://journeyinamazinggrace.blogspot.com/2020/07/on-our-way.html), so we knew that it was a place that we could park for the night and be comfortable.

Kanawha River from I-64 in Charleston, WV

The state house dome was covered in plastic when we were through here in July, and it is still wrapped in plastic... It  seems that the limestone blocks are being removed and repaired and replaced (https://wvmetronews.com/2019/05/30/large-limestone-blocks-being-removed-from-capitol-dome/ - scroll through to see additional pictures including one with the plastic sheeting).

I was hoping that there might be pretty fall colors on the West Virginia hills and mountains as we drove through, but it is mostly still green here.

One tree with pretty fall colors (behind an evergreen tree) behind where Gracie is parked at Tamarack.

We got up on the roof to check for something being loose - for the last few miles before we got to Tamarack, we could hear something that sounded like it was flapping on the roof (never a good sound!). We were concerned that some wires, or a cowling, or one of the solar panels had somehow come loose. It turned out, though, that a piece of the EternaBond tape that covers the seam between the roof and the front cap had come loose. We removed the part that was flapping -- the exposed part is to the left of the horn -- and we've ordered new EternaBond to be delivered to the farm so we can replace it while we are there.

We walked to the Cracker Barrel near Tamarack for dinner, and this picture was on the wall next to our table. It reminded me of St Peter's Church in New Kent... (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Peter%27s_Church_(Talleysville,_Virginia))

If we make as good time tomorrow, we should make it to the farm in the afternoon! And... then the work on getting Miss Doozie ready for pictures for advertising will start!