Howard Johnson Roanoke Daleville

... to Roanoke, and because of the forth coming weather, our journey’s end along the Blue Ridge Parkway.

We feared continuing on southward along the Parkway, for the possibility of getting engulfed in the low rain clouds and heavy fog that awaited us....if we had continued. Therefore, with 'heavy' hearts and a type of 'hollow' feeling in our 'being', we decided that this was ...

September 15 - Tuesday

After getting a total of 2 hours sleep, at best, at Big Meadows we got loaded up and "Got the 'heck' out of Dodge" as quickly as possible. Needless to say we have no plans to stay there ever again. So, we are on the road again. I must point out here that the Big Meadows area is in 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!  

... a glass of wine. Yeah!!! went out for a nice Italian meal, the girls were great, and now everyone is chillin. The girls are asleep. Tomorrow we are gonna check out the Virginia Highlands Festival, and then drive to Nashville. Good night to you all. I hope I am not boring you to tears. If I am then I suggest you stop reading the blog. Love Joe

One of our excursions that took us a little further was south to Roanoke; it was to be a bit of a Malc day really – but as you will see I did find a couple of ‘girly’ shots to include. The main reason for going was to visit the transport museum there…I feel the boys’ anticipation building and the girls ...

... VA where we stopped off for lunch at a place called Dave's Tavern. We had some great sandwiches and were waited on by a VERY friendly guy named Mitchell. We believe he originated from Malibu due to his repeated use of the word dude and "right on" and he was really bummed about the rain. However ...

We left early this morning and arrived early afternoon at a campground in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. We arrived early enough to do a little sightseeing. We went to the Natural Bridge (it is amazing) and went through the Wax Museum and Toy Museum. We took a nature trail to a nice waterfall and that was our EXERCISE for the day! On the way back to the campground we stopped at a little "Country Cafe" and had a delicious country meal ...

I just wanted to summarize a few details of our trip in this entry. We had such a great 2 weeks and wonderful experiences across the country. We both said we would definitely do it again and are already plotting and planning the next area of the country we'd like to see. SUMMARY Days Traveled: 14 Total Miles: Just under 5000 Total Stops: 10 Number of States we hit: 14 (VA, TN, MS, LA, TX, NM, CO, KS, MO, IN, IL ...

After about 5 hours of sleep, we woke up early and got back on the road. The wind was much better today and we were able to make good time. We drove about 13 hours through Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky and West Virginia back to our Appalachian Mountains. Not quite as impressive as Colorado or NM mountains, but still a really pretty drive. We arrived in Moneta, VA where ...