Best Western Wytheville Inn

... that time. He looked quite shocked and said, “You ain’t in Kansas anymore, woman. You better git with a down home boy!” Instead, we heard that there was a Bluegrass Jamboree at Weeser’s Auction barn about 12 miles out of town so we headed down that road. There was a small friendly crowd and a pretty good Bluegrass band (if you like that kind of music}. We got a kick out of the ...

... that time. He looked quite shocked and said, “You ain’t in Kansas anymore, woman. You better git with a down home boy!” Instead, we heard that there was a Bluegrass Jamboree at Weeser’s Auction barn about 12 miles out of town so we headed down that road. There was a small friendly crowd and a pretty good Bluegrass band (if you like that kind of music}. We got a kick out of the ...

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 beautiful and the temperature was around 73 with a nice breeze. Perfect Spring weather in June! The town of Bellefonte is an old victorian town which is alot like most small towns in ...

June 21

Following a decent nights rest we entered Chimney Rock Park and made our way up to the Chimney Rock formation. After we parked the motorcycles we had to proceed about 500 feet through a man made tunnel in the side of the mountain that lead us to an elevator that took us to the top of Chimney Rock. There we had a magnificent view (for miles and miles) of Lake Lure and the Hickory Nut Gorge.

Today is ...

I slept at a truck stop in Abingdon last night, and started walking US Highway 11 (North) this morning. I caught not one ride and have walked the whole way here to Marion. I'm exhausted and very hungry. I'ts already after three, and someone here said that they're expecting an ice storm here tonight. I'm too tired to continue walking anymore today, so I guess I'm here for the night and its nasty weather.

... on the highway he was fine, I was the one who now had to deal with wind chill. Funny no bikers out today. Saw 2 yesterday with a lot of gear. 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 later start tomorrow too since the high here will be 39. But at least I am 188 miles closer today.

... was going fine until we reached the town of Boone and the detour signs disappeared. The road we needed was the 421, which on our map appeared to run east to west. So when given the choice of the 421 north or the 421 south, we took north as the direction we were headed in was north. Well you guessed it, after about 9 miles when we saw signs for Mountain City we realised that we should have gone the ...

... we spent on the Blue Ridge Parkway - from Big Island, Virginia to Fancy Gap, Virginia. The Blue Ridge Parkway is the longest national park in the country. Our little portion today was in the Roanoke area. The views are breathtaking....the drive is peaceful and serene....a wonderful way to spend the day before returning to the craziness of life in the city.

... over, but it also got us help with our first RV hook up, and got the pool opened past closing time for the kids and early in the morning at 8am, before the normal 10am opening time. The air was cool, we opened the windows and turned the A/C off, and finally got the kids to bed, with Janelle and the girls in the loft over the RV cab, and Meaw slept with Spencer on the pullout couch. Then, we declared victory and collapsed ourselves. Not bad for a first day.

... roads! Freight trains and trucks, share the space. Leave us cars alone. I'm thinking to myself, but it's outspoken, talking to the camera, or just maybe to my ears. So here's the thing, I say: Boston is beautiful, really beautiful, neighborhoods, a transportation system, universities and colleges, cultural, ocean, capital city, and had professional sports till this week! Wouldn't mind living there. The negative: so far from everything else in the ...