"You don't have to be crazy to drive Black Bear Road

. . .but it helps." That's from a recording from way back in the 70s 'bout a pea vine like road goin' up and over and up and over and up and. . .a mountain. Yeah, that's what I did today, too. Route 50 was finally the kind of road I was hopin' for-two lane country driving rolling past the hills and mills sayin' howdy to Uncle Sam. OK-that last bit is from a McDonalds commercial, also from the 70s. At least a good part of it was. It's still kinda interstate-y in some parts. But I'm ahead of the narrative here. Rewind to the start of the day back in Winchester, VA. Using Mapquest, directions from Atlas Quest, Letterboxing directions AND the GPS unit I successfully traveled .1 miles from the hotel and actually found my first letterbox for this trip!!! I then went on and found four more so it was a grand and glorious day. Ain't it grand what a sunny day will do to lift your spirits. A sunny day will also give you a really good case of truckers tan. My left elbow is sunburned. I finished boxing by before noon and covered the requisite miles for the day (200+) by 6 PM. There's still day light left at that time this time of the year so I prepped some letterboxing for tomorrow, too. I'm in Parkersburg, West By-God and will have to back track a little bit but it the weather is right, it'll be a jackpot of an LB day in a state park. It's supposed to be nice-at least that was the forecast for the area I just left. And that's the road report for today