Another route change, based on a better weather outlook for the Erie, PA / Buffalo, NY area.
After leaving Waren-Robins, GA we are heading Northeast to Beckley, WV, but we are taking the back roads, like the ones I would chose if on the motorcycle. At Macon, GA, is US Route #129 that runs North to Athens, GA before becoming US#441. Interesting town enroute is Gray, GA, with its historic RR station.
Athens, GA was one of the largest industrial city of the great South back in 1860, during the Civil War it was the source for most if not all the gun powered manufactured for the war, in fact the smoke stack is still standing, on the campus of George State University. Athens also turned out railroad equipment along with iron plates, used to build the first battleships of the South. I just wish we had an extra day or so to explore.
North of Athens it is on to I-85 North to Greenville, SC and on to US#25 (US#19) and I-26 through Bristol Tennessee to I-81 North. There was one interesting town called Erwin, TN, very industrial with a very active CSX railroad line, and terminal station complex. This was the end of a main line and the main business in Erwin was the manufacture of plastic pipe and other plastic parts, with lots off cylindrical hopper cars carrying plastic pellets, again worth a future review as well.
Once on I-81 it was about two hours to Beckley, WV via I-77. I was glad to reach Beckley as driving a night on hairpin curves is not fun with the trailer in tow, as tipping over on curve taken too fast is a possibility, and one to avoid!
Beckley is reached just after 7pm, but all the ice and snow of 3 weeks ago are long gone, and they had a lot of snow.
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