Fog was the order of the day this morning, very thick so I waited a bit to get going.  It lifted where I was but I did hit a few patches first thing in the morning.  Eventually it all burned off and it was a lovely sunny day.  The trees are starting to turn but nothing spectacular yet.  First stop was at the Serpent Mound site.  The second photo is at the tail end of the "serpent" looking up the hill with the observation tower in the background. 

The following two photos are from the top of the tower looking down at the serpent.  First the view of the tail and second the view of the rest of the body and head.

The people who created these are still unknown for certain although they are most surely one of the various native cultures that were known to be located in this area.  There are also some mounds that are circular and look like bumps in the ground 10 feet high or so and maybe 20-30 feet in diameter which were burial sites.  Various cultures over time actually continued to bury folks in these mounds.

On to the Parkersburg WV where I visited the Oil and Gas Museum.  The museum is a vast collection of artifacts from the oil booms in West Virginia, the businesses related to the boom, as well as quite a bit of Parkersburg city artifacts.  They are labeled to some extent but mostly just there to be viewed.  Lots of old photos, oil patch maps and business records too. 

Among their collection, a set of oil bottles that Frank of American Pickers would drool over and a visible gas tank that Mike would love:

The price on the pump is 12 and 1/2 cents for gas!
A couple examples of the other items in the museum:

Getting pretty close to home now.  One more stop at Sistersville WV where some of my ancestors lived and an overnight just outside of Pittsburgh
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