Embrace The Geekness: Day 2

Hello Everyone!

I am writing this from our truck as it speeds down Interstate 340 towards Dulles. Virginia. Today has been a long day. We had the same amount of driving time as yesterday (About 10-11 hours, Myers traveling time), but this morning, we left at 9:30 instead of 6:45. However, we have gone through double the amount of states today then yesterday, and it was much more interesting today. If you've ever driven through Illinois and Indiana for a couple of hours, you’ll know what I mean. There is NO scenery at all. It is blank fields, full of corn and cows. There are no billboards so you can’t play road games like bingo or Rubberneckers. Trust me when I tell you, it is BORING! Today however, we went through Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland, and hopefully in a few minutes, we will be in Virginia. Most of those states are covered in beautiful mountains. (The Appalachians) The green forest and high mountains provide a beautiful view as far as one can see. The valleys are covered in mist and the mountains are covered in trees, with huge limestone deposits, only partially uncovered, jut out from the side of the mountains. It is so beautiful. I am not able to capture its majesty with my camera, but hopefully, you will be able to see a little bit about it from them. We stopped for lunch in Ohio. So far, we have only had to go on one Turnpike. (Last year, we spent almost the whole trip on Turnpikes and paid about $50 in tolls.) We ate dinner in Maryland at a Chik-Fil-A.

Also, as you may have heard, a large tropical storm is currently creeping up the East Coast. We are probably going to feel its effects tomorrow. I, personally, would like to see a tropical storm, however, I don’t think that Dad would want to drive through one. We are almost to the hotel, so I should probably wrap this up.

Tomorrow, we will be in Dulles Virginia. There, we will visit the Smithsonian’s other Air and Space museum, which is HUGE. Its main attractions are the Concorde, the Space Shuttle, and the Enola Gay. I can’t wait to see them. We will stay at the Homewood Inn and Suites for tonight and tomorrow night, then off to Maryland and the National History Day competition!