Lowes Motel Wilkesboro
1201 Curtis Bridge Street Wilkesboro, North Carolina, 28697, United States
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Walmart say no again!
... us. Thankfully, Dean's quick reactions, saved the day, as he rammed his foot on the brake and fist on the horn. Luckily for us, the lorry behind us managed to pull into another lane and not hit us up the rear. However, this wasn't enough for the moron, he then went and slowed up, meaning Dean had to hit the horn even harder, together with the lorry! Eventually, the moron sped up and disappeared into the distance. Crisis ...
Driving Home in the Rain
Around midnight, it started to pour down buckets of rain. Our plans for kayaking in the beautiful lake and hiking the amazing and plentiful trails of Julian Price Memorial Park were immediately canceled by Mother Nature. It was going to be at least a 7 hour drive home that we would start early rather than late in the day. Nothing like dumping your black ...
Journey to Julian Price Memorial Park Campsite
... enclave. There was one exhibit that had a timeline with a slider device. As you advanced the slider through time, the videos displayed on the wall changed to inform and entertain you. There was a lot of oral history recorded here and a variety of performance clips that educated as well as entertained. They had a good selection of music to buy which we previewed by using their computer, Windows Media and a set of ...
Blue Ridge Parkway Teil 2
Wir haben die Nacht im historischen Hotel Roanoke verbracht http://hotelroanoke.com/. Es wurde 1892 von der Eisenbahngesellschaft gegründet wie viele Hotels in jener Zeit. Es liegt gerade neben der Eisenbahnlinie so dass man einen guten Blick auf die langen Güterzüge werfen konnte. Es sind vor allen Kohlezüge aus den Apalachen zu einem der vielen Kohlekraftwerke in den USA. Ich habe einen Zug gesehen der von 5 Diesellokomotiven gezogen ...
A Saturday Night in Wilkesboro
We're in Wilkesboro, NC, which is just a little town where we decided to stop driving. It is a sweet place, but clearly suffering from the economic downturn. There are lots of vacant stores and empty houses, but, as we've found all over the state, very friendly people.
Yesterday, after a fabulous breakfast at the Big Lynn Lodge, we headed on up the Blue Ridge Parkway about 10:00. We came across a turn off to Linville Falls and decided ...


