NY Trippin' - The West Virginia Hills and the Rain

Ok - before I head to far down the road, I'm posting some pics from Tennessee and Kentucky. We crossed the  mighty Mississippi River into Tennessee.

Memphis Tennesee. Gotta see Graceland.

This is as close as we came to the Elvis abode.

This next photo is the very ornate fountain at the Peabody Hotel in downtown Memphis. It is the daily home for the duck march of the five beautiful ducks below.

 The duck master below comes out to explain the tradition of the duck march. He then rolls out the red carpet and goes up to the roof to march the ducks into the fountain.

Here you see them settling in after their highly impressive march into the fountain.

Here is the Lorraine Motel. We didn't have time to go in because we wanted to get on the road. But out of respect to MLK, wanted to add a photo.

After leaving Memphis, we drove on through Tennessee and into Kentucky. Beautiful, lush trees, hills and pastureland.

After leaving Kentucky, we rolled through West Virginia. The weather was very unsettled, as we were driving up to meet a line of rain further to the north and east. There were multiple spots that appeared to have steam rising up from between the thick forest land. I don't know if it was coming from water under the ground or above it. It was very different and very pretty. As we drove up and down the hilly terrain, there were places where the clouds were so low they were meeting the ground. It was very mystical looking. Then the rain started. It wasn't horrible, but sometimes would rain pretty heavy. We got stuck in traffic behind an 18 wheeler accident, then later drove past what appeared to be a one car rollover. I was kinda glad when we crossed over into Pennsylvania and got to flatter terrain. We drove into the night and stayed in the dutch/amish area of Lancaster, Pennsylvania for the night. I tell ya, I was glad to climb in bed after that long and tense day of driving.

Next: We make it to Charlie's!   Goodnight!