Day 42: Ohio and the State's Smallest Church

The WF left the confines of his cheap hotel room and cut through the small city of Parkersburg. Along the way the Fool encountered a pair of young guys in their car, who were either mocking him or generally enthusiastic about the Fool's adventure. After passing several strip joints and some "adult" bookstores, the Fool reached the Ohio River. He crossed the bridge and set foot onto a new state -- Ohio.

The Fool visited the Lee Middleton Doll Factory in Belpre, Ohio, where Steven Soderberg filmed the murder mystery "Bubble." The dolls were creepy.

Ten miles later, a weary Fool stopped at a rest stop off of Route 50. Next to the rest stop was the smallest church in Ohio, complete with 4 pews and a giant creepy painting of a crucified Jesus. Right before he left, the WF met up with the two guys he saw earlier in Parkersburg. They were very excited to see him again and exclaimed, "Wow! You really ARE walking! We saw you back in Parkersburg!" The fool got back on the highway, relieved to know that the guys were genuinely supportive and not merely contemptuous.

Having reached the town of Coolville, the fool had a very uncool ketchup-flavored spaghetti dinner at the local diner. They even gave him a ketchup bottle with the meal.

He walked another five miles, with his pinky toe pulsating in pain and finally found a spot with good tree coverage to camp in. Poison ivy was abundant.