Hampton Inn Martinsville Va

... time he turned the left blinker on to change lanes.  Now he can change lanes silently.  He also can follow me more closely. We stopped in Charlottesville to visit the famous Crutchfield store where I have bought electronic stuff through the mail for the last 25 years.  In the parking lot we met nancy and her Dad   - who was a biker who Nancy said stopped biking when he wiped out hitting a chicken in the road... Crutchfield had a cable to hook our mp3 player ...

Today we drove to and through the pretty mountain state of Virginia. We had some beautiful views of the dark green rolling Appalachian Mountains from the interstate. We stopped near a small Virginia town called Basset to get a couple of minor warranty jobs done of the 5th wheel, at a place called Econo RV. The guys there were very helpful & friendly. They made us come inside to the cool (air conditioning...lovely) and gave the kids 'sodas' and told us ...

... water from the faucet all point to the stark difference in meeting my basic bodily needs. Traveling, I was always thinking about where to buy water, when and what to eat, how to get from place to place, where to sleep. While I never faced impoverished lack of anything (as do so many people in the countries I visited), I had to pay more attention to my basic human needs than I do from day to day here. While it's a relief to be free from those ...

Ah...the month of April, summer is almost here. I love the warm weather, and quite honestly I am very ready for it! After being in Florida for almost a month, it is hard to come back to this cold weather! We only had one show today though, in Danville, VA, so that was nice, I don't like being out in the cold ...

Even before we went they not particularly impressed with my stories how interesting it is to see a rainbow in the middle of the night. They though I was *********ting. But then, Cumberland Falls, is a myth. They may call it the Little Niagara or the Niagara of the South but sincerely it is nowhere ...

I will probably remember this summer for the rest of my life. I've never really had a summer like this before. It was great and it was hard all at the same time. The days were long and the work was hard, but I loved my job so it made it all worth it. I came into the summer feeling really weak, but God built me up a lot throughout the summer. He taught me how to lead and depend on him when I really didn't feel like I had what it takes ...

Well, Well, Well. We made it. Back across the big water. In fact we've been here in Wilkesboro, NC for over a week now. "Headed Down South" has begun to feel like a distant memory. I suppose that is expected... after all....we are moving to Burlington, Vermont bright and early tomorrow and our minds have turned to that. I'm a bit exhausted to give a description of our travels. I'll leave it at this: We ...

Before leaving Rocky Mount I looked up Maria's address along with others in Roanoke on Google Earth so I could get to them more easily. As I approached Roanoke I saw a sign to Mill Mountain and the Star, so I took a side trip to see these areas once again. I got on the Blue Ridge Parkway for a portion of this ride and it brought back very fond memories. The view from the Star of Roanoke was very nice, but after ...

I chose to take the somewhat scenic route out of Williamsburg via the road that parallels the James River. There are several old plantations along the way that were tempting to stop at, but I knew I had to make pretty good time in order to get to Roanoke in time to go to dinner with Kay, Danny and Ruby. I also knew I wanted to leave time to stop at the Petersburg National Civil War Battlefield, so stopping at any of the plantations was ...

After a wonderful meal and a good night's sleep at Chez Blair in Bedford, VA, we're off to start our grand adventure...first stop - Nashville, TN, otherwise known as Music City. 8:45am OK, so we left! Good ole Ma & Pa Blair saw us off and we only got 1.5 miles away before we had to come back for Sarah's cell phone charger. 8:50am Now we're really on the road!! 9:30am We're already stopping for the bathroom and some snacks ...