Fairfield Inn And Suites By Marriott Christiansburg

... by, checking out the menu of our partaking.
Not wanting to ‘break the rule’ of NOT feeding the wildlife, I think I may have ‘accidentally’ (wink, wink…nod, nod) dropped a potato wedge or two close to where we were eating. (“Lord I apologize for that one, and please be with all the starving pygmies in New Guinea!...AMEN!!)

After the ...

We spent all of Friday and Saturday making up for lost time...while in town we had to hit up some of our favorite places...We grabbed some Szechuans for dinner and headed over to our friends house...mmm their sweet and sour chicken is to die for! 

Saturday was spent touring the campus and checking out their new changes, and then to visit our ...

We were in no rush to get to Salem, Va and since we had missed Skyline the day before, we spontaneously decided to exit of I-81 in order to drive the Blue Ridge Parkway down to Roanoke. We made a stop along the way at a trail near Lynchburg. The 1.6 mile loop trail takes you to a beautiful waterfall where we stopped for a picnic lunch.  It was such a gorgeous day - the weather was perfect - and this was just a really nice relaxing drive!  

... day and I was overjoyed to receive a call from my kids Rebecca and Christopher. While Christopher wished me a "Happy Mothers Day" :o) Rebecca asked me when were they finally going to get to go on Grandmas Big Boat - LOL. I also received a few calls from some of my dearest friends (you know who you are), and lots of text messages. Thank you all for starting my day off so nicely. It's nice to have so many good people ...

... yes we hadn’t actually made it in there yet!
I will leave the pictures to tell the story, if you want to see even more (and there might be someone who does) go to this link. http://www.vmt.org/



There are plenty of exhibits inside but the main draw is the collection of old train engines and rolling stock outside ...

... 8217;d want to live here?

We decided to stay a third night so as to have a full day on the Thursday although yet again rain was expected in the afternoon so, again we decided no hiking in the woods/mountains.

We went to Mount Airy http://www.visitmayberry.com/ , a town famous for a TV serial starring Andy Griffiths as a small town cop in the 1960’s http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/A/htm lA/andygriffith ...

... have a bar" he said, we must have looked like we needed a drink...or some action. Turns out the bar was about 5 feet long, with four seats! We chose a booth instead.

We're settled into the hotel now, and plan to explore Roanoke a bit tomorrow and then head to North Carolina.

Good Night!

... nearest supermarket in search of dinner. Once again I was confronted by the phenomonal amount of quick and easy and diabolically unhealthy food there is on offer here. We decided on hamburgers . Not the healthiest, but not as bad as many things on offer. Heading out of the supermarket we were greeted by girl scouts selling cookies. Now, it's only right if you're in america that you must buy girl scout cookies when you have the opportunity.... though do be aware ...

We left New Jersey around 8:30 am and arrived at Floyd's Country Store around 6.00 pm. We stopped here because it is on Virginia's Crooked Road. The store sells mostly tourist items and snack type food . On Fridays they have music and dancing, hoedown style. And, if the weather permits there is ...

... the live of the Cherokee, he lived with them for 3 month as a peacekeeper and investigator (after a "misunderstanding" with the British Forces), he was sent there by the British to understand the ways of Cherokee life. He even took three Cherokees on a journey back to Britain, so they could meet King George III (when he was still sane:-). We then continued our way north on the Blue Ridge ...