Followed highway 40 to West Virginia. According to google bike maps this was 90 minutes shorter than the ACA bike route. There was a campground on the bike route that I didn't need since I wasn't staying on the day by day schedule. I don't know if that was the reason for the meandering steep route??? Crossed from Ohio to WV at Wellsburg. Interesting old bridge on hwy 40. Turned north and followed a bike trail to Follensby along the Ohio river. Turned east and made my way up the hills. Steep but not terrible. At Colliers I missed the entrance to the Panhandle bike trail and wondered around lost for an hour or more on steep and gravel roads until I finally and accidently found the path. I took the path to Burgerstown and stopped at McDonalds for dinner. After dinner I asked a group of guys visiting at the outside tables if there was a place to camp in town. The next campsite was 18 miles and I didn't have time to get there before dark. (I discovered the next day that I wouldn't have been able to find the various path connections if I would have continued as they were confusing and needed time and patience to connect.) . One man who was answering the question said I could put my tent up in his yard if I wanted. He said he lived just off the trail. I had to go back on the trail 1 mile and he found me there and took me to his yard. He left as he had a date and movie and left me with his neighbors Dave and Cathy who invited me over and gave me a beer and a nice visit. They have a son who is an opera singer and a daughter who is a country singer and sang one American Idol in Hollywood editions.