Lunch today was at Centre Market in Wheeling. The place was pretty busy with customers, but the selection of substantive food was limited to roast beef and fried seafood. I went with a roast beef sandwich. The area around the market was relatively devoid of people, but there were a few nice antique shops open.

Later in the afternoon, we made a first visit to a Cabelas. This is a massive 185,000 sq. ft. hunting and sporting goods store complete with a fiberglass mountain, large aquariums and big walk-in diorama of animal replicas. I'm not into hunting, but did appreciate the seemingly infinite array of equipment. What caught my eye was the aisle full of digital trail cameras. I had no idea so many models were available.

After dinner, we all took the trolley tour of the Festival of Lights. The driver's monologue of the story behind the various light displays and park landmarks was interesting. But our consensus was that the view would have been better from a car.

- mike lee - wheeling, wv