January 6, 2018

Today we drove west out into the country. It was a pretty, sunny day with a few scattered clouds - and very cold. We stopped at Berkeley Springs, West Virginia for lunch. After we walked out to the little state park at the hot springs. Windchill of 0 degrees F.  Pam posed for a photo op by a basin commemorating George Washington's first visit there, at the age of 16.  It's not a hot spring, but a warm one - the water comes out of the ground at 74 degrees F. 

Then we drove on to Paw Paw, West Virginia - named for the native edible fruit tree called the Paw Paw.  Here the road crosses the Potomac River, back to the Maryland side.  Pam's posing with the chilly Potomac in the background.


It was a long day.  The sun set as we were about 20 miles from home.  Total drive was 261 miles.  We saw some pretty country.

Sunrise 7:27 am, sunset 5:01 pm