Pittsburg, PA to Charleston, WV

After bidding Bruce and the dogs goodbye, we drove straight into downtown traffic.

Thankfully, our map book -- yep, people still use them -- helped us get to the Cass Scenic Railroad in time for our 1:00 trip up an 11% grade mountain.

The children, and Rob, enjoyed ice cream at the Cass General Store and then we were off to Charleston, West Virginia.

Today was a day to really feel the kindness of others.  Abram left his trip-spending money at the top of the mountain in the bathroom.  The manager of the restaurant, at the bottom of the hill, took Rob and Abram to the top, in her car, to retrieve it.  The Couchsurfing host left the key to his apartment in the mailbox for us.  We are surfing "unsupervised."

We had a great dinner at the Tricky Fish, where we all colored pictures for the interior walls of the restaurant.  The owner, Robbie, took extra time with Salem and did not seem to mind the "stick-up."

And to top off the evening, the manager at the closed Rite Aid agreed to let me in after hours to get calamine lotion of Asher.

So far, so great.  Tomorrow, a tour at Maker's Mark and then to Evansville, IN.