HappyTrails

Morgantown, West Virginia

We drove about 220 miles from Ashland, Ohio to Morgantown, West Virginia. We chose to continue along US 250 until intersecting with I-77, about 50 miles. This route is beautiful as it meanders past farmlands, small towns and only a small bit of road work. We passed five Amish buggies enjoying their family on Sunday. As we were driving along 250 I suddenly realized that I was seeing signs for several attractions mentioned by a RVing friend on her very recent blog entry. It was too late to make a connection and meet because we are moving along quickly to get to Washington, DC. We are stopped for another quick overnight at Walmart (see photo) and will move on to Maryland today. Happy Trails!

Pets can be an issue..and a Harpers Ferry postcard

I've posted a number of times (and photos) of our two dogs Mack and Daisy.  They are pretty old now, 14 and 12 respectively.  It has always been a logistics issue to deal with large dogs who were meant for the great outdoors while living in a small space but now we are facing a BIG challenge.  Mack has been showing a number of aging signs in the past few months.  He seems to have digestive disorders and has become increasingly anxious.  He was always a little on the hyper side but now he really becomes thoroughly agitated when certain things happen (or don't).  We have been coping as best as we can because he is a family member but the stress is increasing for us.  Yesterday after watching the dog pace, wimper and insist on going "out" when he didn't need to, we took him for a vet exam.  The vet said there can be a number of reasons for all his anxiety and gave us a very expensive estimate for doing tests to rule out various illnesses.  He also gave us a prescription for anti anxiety medication.  After two days on the meds he just doesn't seem to be improving in the anxiousness.  We are hoping in a day or two things will change but it's very difficult to deal with an upset dog in a motorhome.

On another topic, our friend Lana posted a photograph she took in Harpers Ferry.  She used an artistic technique on her photo to give it an aged appearance so it isn't straight out of the camera but I love how she dressed up the very ordinary storefront that we visited when we were in Harpers Ferry.  I think this makes a great "postcard" to remember one of the sights of the town.

(photo by Lana Lamb)

Happy Trails!