Flight 93 Memorial, PA

We crossed the Susquehanna River...

and drove west through,...

and across, the mountains of southern PA as we headed home.

We stopped to see the Colvin Covered Bridge, built around 1880, spanning a beautiful, tree-lined creek in Bedford County.

"The Old Log Church" drew us off the road for awhile as well.  It was built in 1806 and shared by two congregations, the German Reformed and Lutheran. 

We left the turnpike and traveled the Lincoln Highway toward the Flight 93 Memorial.

Flight 93 Memorial
Part of the long walkway toward the Wall of Names and the crash site.

Niches have been built into the walkway wall where visitors may leave tributes.

Flight 93 ended in this field, the nose of the plane at the spot where the distant boulder now sits.  Investigators dug 40 feet down into the crater created by the crash until they reached a point where there was no more evidence.  They were able to identify some remains of everyone on the flight.  When the FBI investigation was completed, the county coroner ordered the crater filled with soil making this the final resting place of passengers and crew.

The white Wall of Names and black brick walk next to it follow the final flight path of the plane; it cleared the crest of the distant mountain while flying upside down.  The construction site in the distance marks the location of the future visitor center.

More roadside views in southern PA.