Last Thursday we did a great day of showing our Chicago daughter and her history loving friend a day trip that was full and easy to accomplish. We even did a couple of personal side trips.We did not get as early a start as I wanted (a certain male resident of the house did not get going) so it was 9:30 before we hit the road. We took the scenic route north (US Rt. 250) and started the history on Wheeling Island with the high water marks of the floods (1936 was the worst ever) and then crossed the historic Suspension Bridge back to Wheeling. (Sidebar: I remember this bridge with a wood floor!) By now it was lunchtime and Coleman?s Fish Market at Centre Market is an absolute MUST DO! They even do steamed so the low-fat or fat-free diet can eat there. Then it was into the building to the north for a hand-dipped cone (including sugar-free, fat-free for Himself).Back to history, I took the Judge to see the Courtroom. The Courtroom of the Custom House was the first Capitol of West Virginia and is now a museum. Due to our late start and my side trips, we had to leave Oglebay Park and its delights for another trip. I wanted to show the ladies where I grew up and the oldest Church west of the Alleghenies that stands at the head of the road I grew up on. Then it was over to Steubenville, Ohio (just across the Ohio River) to visit my Daddy?s first cousin who is now 93 and went to a nursing home this year.Now we were off for the reason the ladies came for a visit ? a CUB baseball game (I went to a Pirate game!) and we were at PNC Park, in our seats by 6:15 for the 7:05 first pitch. CUBS won and we were home and in bed by midnight.More next time about what we did Friday before the ladies had to leave for the airport.