Crossing on I-64 into Indiana near the end of Day 1 (July 6).
Lincoln Boyhood Home National Memorial in southern Indiana. (The Morrison Boyhood Home National Memorial will only be slightly less accessible.) Rainy morning for Day 2 (July 7).
Indiana's First State Capitol in Corydon. Closed on Monday, of course.
Another view of the 1816-25 capitol.
Crossing into Kentucky on double-decker bridge. Clinched I-64 in Indiana doing so.
Louisville skyline.
Cincinnati skyline as seen from Kentucky on I-71/75.
I-74 at I-75: The east end of the interstate that started in Davenport. Also the second of two consecutive-number interstate interchanges on the trip (I-64/65 the other).
Great American Ball Park as seen on Mehring Way (US 52) right along the Ohio River riverfront. Paul Brown Stadium is a few blocks behind.
Ulysses S. Grant's birthplace is Point Pleasant, Ohio.
US 52 on the Grant Memorial Bridge.
From Cincy to Portsmouth, US 52 was like this: Beautiful scenery with the sun at my back.
Despite becoming a state in 1792, Kentucky managed to get a county named after someone who came to prominence 12-14 years later. Ducking into Lewis County was the first item of business on Day 3 (July 8).
...and back into Ohio on Truck US 23. From there, it was into West Virginia...
...and into Kentucky at Fort Gay. Coal country.
The kudzu grows wild and woolly in southwestern Virginia. Here, I was a few minutes behind the rain.
That wouldn't last, though, as much of US 460 became a blur of windshield wipers and brake lights. This re-entry into West Virginia is one of the breaks in the rain.
Statue in downtown Appomattox, starting Day 4 (July 9).
Appomattox Court House today is nothing more than the National Historical Park; the town of Appomattox nearby grew because of the railroad. This is a reconstruction of the courthouse.
After a Civil War battle broke out at Wilmer McLean's farm at Manassas - the First Battle of Bull Run - McLean tried to get away from it all. He moved to Appomattox Court House. Nearly four years later, McLean found himself in the midst of history again, as his house was used for Lee's surrender to Grant. This is a reconstruction of the house.
This painting is probably the most famous depiction of the surrender. Lee is at the left table, Grant at right. Watching films there about the surrender, you can see the respect shown by both sides as they realize the importance of reconciliation.
Here's a familiar name to Tama County residents.
Outside of the National Museum of the Civil War Soldier, Petersburg VA. Here is the "beginning of the end" of the Civil War, the Battle of Petersburg a week before Appomattox.
Each state has a stone with statistics from the war.
The north end of Interstate 85 in Petersburg. This is my third north end of an x5 interstate.
Virginia Air and Space Center in Hampton. (Yes, that Hampton.) First stop on Day 5 (July 10).
Apollo 12 command module, one of the MANY aircraft on display.
From Middle America to the Atlantic Coast. Being in jeans, I was overdressed for the occasion.
Look at all the hotel rooms I'll never be able to afford. (Road note: The east end of US 60 is nearby.)
One of the first bridges on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel complex.