Daylight daylight eastern time...

We resolved last night to get up early and be on the road this morning at 6 or shortly thereafter. John set the alarm in the motel and bright and early at 5:45 it went off. John thought he'd grab a cup of coffee when he turned in the key only to come back (with this sheepish grin) saying it was 5:00 (really 4:00 to us since we'd just come from central time). We got an earlier start than we had planned.

On to West Virginia for breakfast. West Virginia, are you out there? Where are your local restaurants (not the chains)? We drove back roads for 45 minutes before finally giving up and getting a biscuit from a chain. Yuk! Greasy! Never again.

Maryland came next and in terms of food, came through in spades with the Culinaire Cafe run by the Allegheny College Culinary Arts Program in Cumberland. That's downtown Cumberland in the photo, a pretty little city. It pays to pick up the info at the welcome stations and find out about these things. The food was excellent and the waiter was sweet (although he could have used our "Tips for Tips" - or perhaps we're just in a grumpy mood from getting up too early.)

Breezing through Pennsylvania before finally arriving in NJ at John & Judy's, practically where our trip began. Yesterday I was wearing sandals when we left Missouri and the temp was in the 70's. Here in NJ there's some strange white stuff outside and, although Judy did suggest we might enjoy an outdoor picnic, we opted against it.

Tomorrow? Home at last but, hopefully, not with as early a start as we had today.