Saturday, January 4, 2025
Fairfield Inn
Erie, Pennsylvania to Elkin, North Carolina
Snow much of the way, 32F
Thankfully TK
keeps good track of the weather, especially when he spied a winter storm that
would push toward West Virginia and Virginia on Sunday, our original departure date.
I’m more of a “the weather is what the
weather is” kind of gal. Since we were
already packed, we left Erie this morning at 8:22 a.m. with a temperature of 200
F and snow flurries threatening more Lake Effect snow.
The roads finally
improved around Mercer, with mostly dry roads from then on. We still saw some snow on the fields as we
passed through West Virginia into Virginia.
We stopped for
lunch and our traditional “TK made” delicious pita sandwiches stuffed with tuna
at the Walmart parking lot in Flatwoods, WV.
We bypassed the Fiesta Outlet in Flatwoods this time, hard to do, but
our dear daughters in law have enough Fiesta dinnerware to open a small store.
I opted for only
one sandwich for lunch because I must lose 8 pounds by Thursday so I can fit
into my artful leggings. I texted Friend Donna to make sure she brought hers—she
replied that she did, mentioning that we better wear them early in the cruise
before they truly do not fit. Our dear friends Donna and Lawrence (Wisconsin) and
Gwenda and Colin (England) are joining us on this cruise, and we are excited to
see them!
With TK’s skillful
driving through the windy roads and hills of West Virginia, we arrived in
Elkin, North Carolina, about 500 miles from Erie, by 5 p.m.
TK is tired from
expertly handling the GMC Sierra, and with snowy roads, crossword puzzles, a James
Patterson book, small towns, pit stops at Flying J and Pilot, hawks soaring in
the sky, creeks, rivers, New River Bridge, some ice, drivers who are nailbitingly careless,
and Casey Kasem’s top 100 of 1978, I am tired too. [More credit is obviously due to TK!]
After corralling our luggage into our room at Fairfield Inn, we had dinner--the other pita/tuna sandwich!
Dear Readers, here
we go again!!
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