Up at 6:00am and most of the construction guys were already gone and on the job! A quick breakfast, some emailing, paying bills, fueling up and it was on the road south!

We have definitely left the plains and wind generators of rural Indiana behind! Wonder if any trucker has ever had to use the truck run outs DOT have spaced every mile or so down the hill. If they do, what happens when the steepness of it brings them to a stop . . . with no brakes they would start rolling backwards!!!

Some of them there mountains you can’t go up and over or around . . . got to go through them! Interesting that WV has toll roads. Not sure if they’re using the tolls to repair the roads . . . some stretches needed a little work!!!! As do those in Indiana. Holes big enough to loose a VW in, right on the interstate.

Frankfort, KY where it all started for emJay with TNC over 25 years ago. I always thought she was living in some walk up in a town of 200-300 but Frankfurt is pretty cosmopolitan!!!!! Population 29,000 happy Kentuckians!

Our host for the next 4 nights, Wilkes Family YMCA. We have the run of the place. Pool, workout room, showers, free coffee and wifi.

Home sweet home as the WoHu tent is the first to go up. The rest of the gang will start arriving tomorrow afternoon. Got PLENTY of time to explore metro Wilkesboro!