Foiled Again--4/29

Still raining when we wake up. Overcast and 42 degrees. We break camp and decide to wait to see if it clears up and dries out. It stops raining, so we hike to Ash Cave, a really huge cave set in a U-shaped gorge. We drive to Athens to search out the trail. Athens is the home to a University of Ohio campus and is a bustling place. Lots of young people moving around, a thriving downtown. But it still looks like rain, so we abandon the idea of a bike ride and head for Marietta, OH. The hills are a little less roller coasty than they have been, so the driving is a little easier. Norb observes that he is getting to feel more fondly toward interstates after navigating these curves and hills and inclines. While I am ready and willing to drive, he feels safer when he is at the wheel. Not my fault.

In Marietta we look for the Ohio River Museum, said to be open from March 1 until November 30. They lie. We find it. It isn’t open. We do gawk at the Ohio (it is huge, even here) and peek in the riverboats parked there. So we head for the Martius Museum, which holds the artifacts from a fort, the mound builders who lived in the area, and a variety of other things. They are not open on Tuesday. Busted twice. So we dejectedly drive on to Wolf Run State Park, where we are 1 of 3 campers in 104 campsites.