Well, I got off OK and am staying at a motel on the east side of St. Louis. I prefer motels because I can pull my motorcycle up to the door as in this example:

This picture is actually from an earlier trip because it is raining here at the moment. I hit rain from Lexington, KY to St. Louis.

I did make a few stops on the way. One was just outside Charlottesville at the south entrance to the Skyline Drive. I wanted to have my National Park passport cancelled at the Shenandoah National Park which I accomplished at the Rockfish Gap entrance. All the years I have been going to national parks I never noticed the passports. If you have kids and travel a lot, they are a wonderful way to interest them in nature, geography, history, etc. You can check them out here:  http://easternnational.org/what-we-do/passport

Here is my Shenandoah stamp from this morning.

Yes it's nerdy. My daughter reminds me that I am a nerd. So if you're nerdy, have OCD or one of your ancestors is a squirrel then you'll find it fun, otherwise your mileage my vary.

On a perhaps more interesting note, I stopped to take some photos of the Humpback Covered Bridge near Covington, VA. It's less than a mile off Route 64. Take exit 10. Supposedly, it's the oldest such bridge in the United States.

You can read more about it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humpback_Covered_Bridge or here http://www.virginiadot.org/info/faq-covbridge5.asp. The whole area around Covington is geologically active and there are many active hot springs. Thomas Jefferson once visited this area: a little history can be found here:  http://exhibits.hsl.virginia.edu/springs/warm. Nearby is the Homestead which also houses the decommissioned nuclear bunker for the U.S. Gov't. Tours are available.

I stopped at New River Grandview for a photo op. I didn't get my passport stamped... :-(, but my picture is better than the park service's... :-)

There's is here: https://www.nps.gov/neri/planyourvisit/grandview.htm

Not so far from here is the New River Gorge Bridge which is also worth a visit. The height is 876' feet above the river below.

The bridge is popular with those wanting to commit suicide or those who want the thrill of a near death experience because every year, West Virginia allows people to base jump off the bridge. This year the day is Saturday, October 21. Adrenaline junkies should check this out: https://officialbridgeday.com/

The rest of the ride was enduring rain...signing off.