If I pass this way again...

OK, western Kentucky is beautiful but as we crossed the border into West Virginia it just kept getting better and better. The drive through Charleston (the Capitol) and into the New River Gorge area is a bit nerve racking for the passenger but if you can get over the steep slopes and hairpin curves down an 8% grade you will see some spectacular views with amazing fall color this time of year. If we have the opportunity to drive this way again, we will spend time exploring the New River Gorge

Our home for the night is Babcock state park and it's a good one! It's a very large state park with a nice campground that sits just outside of Clifftop, a very small town with little interest but fortunately, the park has so much to see and do. The park is home to a fully operable grist mill and has become the most photographed place in the state. You can see why from the photos I've taken. The mill was built in 1976 from components of other mills around the state. Today visitors to the park can buy ground cornmeal and buckwheat flour ground at the mill. This is a living monument to more than 500 mills that once thrived in WV around the turn of the 20th century.

This was our last big push to get to our wedding destination of Waynesboro so tomorrow is an easy day to our final stop for this leg of the journey.