I've also decided to finish yesterday's Postcard instead of making you wait until next week to hear about our Tuesday afternoon. If you remember from yesterday, we were getting pretty frustrated with the difficulty we were experiencing locating some of the Trail's features.
Our stop in South Charleston hit at high noon and that meant we needed to take a break and grab a bite to eat. Becky told me it was National Hot Dog Day and that we needed to get a dog for lunch. So we did! The AC was out at the Happy Days Cafe, forcing us to eat outside. But we had a nice breeze and enjoyed watching all the folks go by. Good choice because it was an excellent dog!!
After leaving Malden, we passed miles and miles of mountains of coal. We saw coal on barges floating down the Kanawha, coal on train cars, coal on trucks!!
At mile marker 92 we started seeing waterfalls, steep sandstone outcroppings, and the road became quite curvy. Milepost 93, at Kanawha Falls Park, provided a nice stretch break to take a look at the headwaters cascading over the rocks and the Glen Ferris Inn in the background.
The little town of Gauley Bridge provided some great scenery and just a few miles further was the impressive Cathedral Falls at mile marker 97.
I'm really glad you decided to stop by this evening to pick up your Postcard and I hope you enjoyed the travelogue. See ya tomorrow!!