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Day 4 On the Park

A travel blog entry by lblack

After a day off the Parkway, we continued on the Penultimate day of the Blue Ridge Parkway today - including visiting one of the iconic views of the Parkway.

We traveled into Roanoke - where we will stay the night. A Few Pictures and videos from today.

Lots of Love
Les & Caroline xxx

Yolo

A travel blog entry by sophiemarceline

... Hey sexy lady' deel. Oma was inmiddels 80 jaar. De oma van Liz was trouwens ook een geval apart. Voor het thanksgiving diner droeg ze een fluor roze jasje met felblauwe mini-rok en witte gymschoenen. Het feit dat ze doof was maakte het plaatje compleet. Iedereen schreeuwde in haar oor en zij schreeuwde drie keer zo hard terug met “What?!”. De volgende dag was het Black Friday, een big thing in heel Amerika waarbij alle winkels stunten met grote kortingen. Helaas was ...

More History in this area-Booker T. Washington

A travel blog entry by pykesonthego

The farm/plantation where Black educator Booker T. Washington got his start is one of the many National Historical Monuments around the country. An interesting look into his life as a young boy, and how his insatiable desire to learn led to him lead Tuskegee Institute.
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Honoring the Memory of June 6, 1944

A travel blog entry by pykesonthego

The National (should be called "International") D-Day Memorial is an amazingly well-thought out, well-presented monument to those members of the Allied Expeditionary Forces who gave their lives on June 6, 1944 on the beaches of Normandy.
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Blue Ridge Parkway

A travel blog entry by dullicksontour

270 miles Washington to Roanoke. We had a wonderful 5 year wedding anniversary! We spent today on "America's favourite drive" the Blue Ridge Parkway. Jet lag meant we were on the road by 8.30am! It was a 2.5 hour drive to the start of the parkway in Waynesboro. It wasn't really that far but the speed limits are pretty slow. Even 5 lane freeways are 55mph, sometimes 60 mph. They really enforce it as well. Yesterday we saw about 5 state troopers pull people over and today one ...

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