Travel Blogs from Wytheville, United States
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Victory!
... , and baby guinea pigs (who make the strangest sound!). The kids started screaming around 7pm, with one hour to go to Wytheville under a severe thunderstorm warning, and we finally made it to our first day's destination at 8:15pm, 15 minutes after the ...
Where the hell is Wytheville?
... and waving cheerfully at the modern-day wannabe hobo. I was pissed, in the American sense of the word, so when I arrived in Wytheville I went and got pissed in the British sense of the word. It was a pleasant town, with old-style diners and Civil War ...
A Good Days Cycling to Wytheville, VA
... Sugar Grove. The remaining 30 miles went very quickly and the day turned out to be a very good days' cycling. That evening in Wytheville we decided to go out to dinner as a change from our standard rations of milky soup but first we had to wait for ...
Searching for root of American family tree
... of square miles of the Piedmont and the nearby mountains of North Carolina and Virginia". It is really quite spectacular. I arrived in Wytheville (named after a Confederate General and I am not sure if it is "with"ville or "whythe"ville) about 4:30. It ...
Road trash and a truck named G.O.D.
... from leaning sideways all day long. Stop for gas. Unleaded $.89.9! $5 filled the tank. Can I make it home? I can't. Stop in Wytheville then, 7 hours on the road, I cannot drive one more. Out of the car, my eyes relax, I take a walk along the ...
Richmond to Wytheville
... . Ran into some snow flurries and lots of wind. I thought the area around the Town of Pulaski was especially picturesque. Wytheville is a quaint little town, although slightly boring. It is the birthplace of Edith Bolling Wilson, wife of President Woodrow ...
Strictly Travelling Day
Not much news today as it was strictly a travelling day. We left Nashville, TN this morning and drove I-40 to I-81 and and are about 100 miles into Virginia tonight. We've had a wonderful trip, but I think we are both looking forward to getting ...
Wytheville Rocks
... I got some breakfast stuff and a salad for lunch. It was expensive but good. Napped A LOT on route! As we arrived in Wytheville Scott called the super 8 for directions, they told him the water was out because someone building a bridge messed up so he had ...
Into the mountains
Sorry, guys, I dropped off the radar for a short time. We arrived in Nashville in pretty steady rain, after some very torrential downpours on the road. We had the option of paying extra for a cabin, and two of our group did, but four of us hardened ...
Stop over
... back seats are definitely not the best ones!! Its like sitting on a piece of wood. Lol. In the end we arrived in Wytheville and stayed in a dirty Motel. Hmm, think they just changed the duvet- covers and cleaned a little bit the bathroom with new towels. ...
Day Seven
... our debit cards work in the US. :-) So here we are one week under our belt and we have travelled through EIGHT states already. Unbelievable country. We have met lots of people and all of them have been more than friendly even if they talk funny. ...
Sorry for the not posting for so long.
Wythville, VA. So this is the first entry for a long list of Virginia sites. We picked this site kind of by blindfolding and pointing to a certain point on the map. Found the camp ground had a camp site and they were going to give us a good ...
Wytheville Virginia
Morning Campers!!! I am currently typing this on the mini bus – hoping to upload it later today!! Its 9.30am local time and we are travelling from Washington DC to Wythville in Virginia it's a 6 hour journey but the sun is shining so can’t ...
Oh no - the bottle of scotch broke!
... valleys were breathtaking. Don't the say that Va. is for lovers? Or is that W.Va? We arrived in Wytheville without any mishaps until we were unloading the trikes - the bottle of Johnny Walker met its demise - without being ...
Downer
Can't believe we're on our way back! We took Rt 81 since everyone was sore - no turns. Boy, do they fly down this highway. We were doing the speed limit of 70 and were being passed as if we were standing still. Thank goodness the ...
Virginia
Wytheville seems a good a place as any to take a break for lunch. So I drop by some local fast food joint and take a quick lunch before heading back onto the road ...
New River Gorge
We headed to Wytheville today to spend the night while making our way down to New Orleans. We have a campground reservation set for this Friday in New Orleans so we will be making our way down all week. On the way today though we stopped at New River ...
What's that stuff on the cover?
... . Around Bristol I went into a VA welcome center and got coupon books and advice. Decided I had enough stamina to get to Wytheville and just 30 miles outside, I noticed the snow. Wonderful. Temp dropped as the cloud cover became pronounced. May be a ...
A day of looking for trails.
VA needed another campground because we were not going to stay in this one and we needed to be moving on down the road. Found a campground in West Virginia so we could start the days adventures. We found the trails that I had been looking ...
Take me home, country road
Day 3 305 miles travelled We left DC early today and made our way towards Wythville, Virginia. First was a stop at Walmart, where we all stocked up on food and drink for the evening. We were then taken to a secret location for lunch where we had a ...
Another Day, not the best
I woke up feeling tired even though I slept great in my Van for the night....just feeling a little exhausted these days.... My morning started with my protein drink being frozen from being in the refrig. in the motel room and it would blend in my ...
Travel Day
Today was our first travel day. We were packed by mid-morning and drove to Wytheville for the night. We don't do 12 hour days any more, now that we have the time. Saw a horrific accident on Interstate 77 North around Parkersburg, WV. It ...
Heading Further South
We had a great time visiting with some friends in Pennsylvania that we have not seen in 36 years. We spent most of the day and evening with them, but we did get to go by Penn State and look around and take a few pictures. The weather was ...
Chattanooga to Wytheville, VA
... which there were about 550 - since it is hard to get a picture of that many when you are too close. The day ended at Wytheville. They really, really go out of their way to be friendly. We stopped at the park for a ceremony, and to view the trucks that ...
Why and why now?
... a moment. Not a bad sensation at all. Oh and Patti, I believe you have my name this year. We're in Wytheville, VA, right down the road from the Harley Davidson dealership at which Gary and I met after being separated on our last trip up here. ...
You never know who you meet
Immediately impressed when I arrived at the Motorcycle Hall of Fame & AMA HQ. Lovely grounds and a set up that really caters for motorcyclists. they rotate a special exhibit each summer and this time it is 30yrs of local Honda manufacture. While at ...
Home Country
... at Bristol? Hell no. You keep going girl, there's miles to go before we sleep. Marion? No, not there. By the time I got to Wytheville the hungries were upon me. There was a cold wind blowing as I checked into my room. Food, I need food, guess what. ...
Cracker Barrel
We stopped for dinner at a Cracker Barrel. Mommy and Daddy really like Cracker Barrel because there are always screaming and misbehaving children so when I am feeling a little impatient, they don't have to worry about me disturbing anyone! ...
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