We drove our coach 314 miles, about five hours of driving, from College Park, Maryland to Beaver, West Virginia. The beginning of our westward migration, heading towards our home base in Washington state.

Here’s a map showing our route, heading west:

An interactive map:

Toading up:

I-495:

Welcome to Virginia:

Paladin in his high place:

I-64:

I-66:

Fuel stop:

Tiffin Phaeton motorhome:

Apples on water tower:

We were going to park and have lunch at the fuel stop, but there wasn’t any parking that would work for us, so we continued on. There wasn’t any room at the next rest area either:

So I made lunch on the road:

A later rest area:

I-64:

Welcome to West Virginia:

Of course, we had to play John Denver’s “Take Me Home, Country Roads” while entering the state:

Rest area:

I-64 hill:

7% grade:

Sandstone Mountain elevation 2,765 feet:

Little Beaver State Park:

Narrow sloping curve:

Narrow entrance:

Lake:

Very narrow road to campground:

Campground office:

Guided to our site: