April 28, 2019 - Sunday
Dayton, OH - Triadelphia, WV

After a terrible stay at the Comfort Suites (will NEVER stay at another one), we are on our way to Triadelphia, WV.  This destination was only picked because they have a Super Charger and the driving distance is perfect for the day.  On our way we decided to stop in the capital of Ohio (Columbus) and Super Charge Tessie.   Across the street is the Columbus Convention Center.  I decided to check it out.  WOW!!! I entered the building and the Ohio Volleyball Region Championship is playing.  OK..let's check it out.  The OVR Championship playing where ladies 11-18 years of age. OVR, Inc is one of the largest of the 40 regional volleyball associations of the USA Volleyball (USAV).  The members have opportunities to participate at local, regional, zonal and national competitions.  They have an active membership of over 23k and the region includes states of Ohio and W. Virginia and some bordering counties of Western Pennsylvania.

After watching Volleyball I decided to roam the Convention Center to see what else was happening.  I came up this "AS WE ARE" Facts.  This is created by Matthew Mohr.  It's the only type of sculpture of it's type in the world.  Sculpture shape created as composite of 5,000 faces.  OK, I thought, "How do I get my face on this", well I sat in a photo booth with 29 cameras that creates an image projected by 850,000 LED ribbon lights.  "Say CHEESE"...it took my picture.  I came out of the booth and within 2 minutes my face is being projected around the world via the cloud.  The 14 foot portrait is in proportion to a person being 94 feet tall.  This was pretty cool.  OK..time to move on Tessie is
charged. 

While we were in Columbus, OH...let's go see the Capitol Building.  Well, we found the original Capitol Building and was running out of time to search for the current resting place of the Capitol Building. 

We have now arrived in....

As we were traveling to our destination, I was reading about an old suspension bridge in Wheeling, WV.  Gotta stop and learn about this piece of history.  My first thought when we arrived is this towns a ghost town. 

We walked around and took in the sites.  Wheeling was the first Capitol of WV till after the war when it was moved to Charleston from 1870-75 and then moved back to Wheeling for ten years then moved back to Charleston permanently when the W. Virginia government arrived in 1885.  Wheeling became a manufacturing center in the late 19th Century.  Following WWII, the town experienced closing of factories and substantial population loss.  It's major industries now include Healthcare, Education, Law & Legal Services, Entertainment/Tourism and Energy.  We did not experience much of these businesses when we were there.  It looked like a ghost town.  Yes, we were in the Historic District but my goodness, this historic district is very run down.  They do have beautiful historic churches.  

Old Apartment complex still being occupied

Enough of Wheeling, WV...on our way to Marriott in Triadelphia, WV and Super Charge for Tessie.

Good Night!!!