Quality Inn And Suites Wythevil Wytheville

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· Saddle Lookout – The lookout itself straddles a mountain range and provides two very different scenic views. The view on one side consists of a deep canyon, heavily treed and very hilly. The other side has Buffalo Mountain in the background with rolling hills, cattle grazing on luscious green grass and small farms in the distance.

· Mabry Mill – The most picturesque spot ...

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· Saddle Lookout – The lookout itself straddles a mountain range and provides two very different scenic views. The view on one side consists of a deep canyon, heavily treed and very hilly. The other side has Buffalo Mountain in the background with rolling hills, cattle grazing on luscious green grass and small farms in the distance.

· Mabry Mill – The most picturesque spot ...

We had a great time visiting with some friends in Pennsylvania that we have not seen in 36 years. We spent most of the day and evening with them, but we did get to go by Penn State and look around and take a few pictures. The weather was beautiful and the temperature was around 73 with a nice breeze. Perfect Spring weather in June! The town of Bellefonte is an old victorian town which is alot like most small towns in ...

... 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 ...

I slept at a truck stop in Abingdon last night, and started walking US Highway 11 (North) this morning. I caught not one ride and have walked the whole way here to Marion. I'm exhausted and very hungry. I'ts already after three, and someone here said that they're expecting an ice storm here tonight. I'm too tired to continue walking anymore today, so I guess I'm here for the night and its nasty weather.

Going out to breakfast in the Super 8 lobby this morning I had a look at the bike and its cover and thought, "Hmm, couldn't have rained... what's that spotty stuff?" Dang, upon closer inspection I saw what I didn't want to see. Little crystals. Yes, it is cold. I can't wait for the sun to melt the things and get on the road again. The last 1000 miles will be the longest, I guess. It was about 10:30 when I packed up & was successful at coaxing BB into waking up. He was not that happy ...

... way and there was no easy way back to the Parkway other than retracing our route all the way back to Boone. It was like Asheville all over again!

On our way back to the Parkway we passed brightly coloured meadow flowers and realised that they were actually the first non-green vegetation that we had seen in quite some time. It was a beautiful afternoon and the next 35 or so miles of the journey saw ...

Our first stop today was at Virginia's Natural Bridge. It is truly an amazing sight - one of the 7 natural wonders of the world. It is huge! George Washington surveyed the area and carved his initials in the stone. Thomas Jefferson bought it from George III. As we left we rode over the top of it in the car! Cool! Another highlight of the day was the 115 ...

... go out to dinner as a change from our standard rations of milky soup but first we had to wait for Tom who had not yet recovered to return from hospital. It turned out to be a 5 hour stint in the hospital courtesy of the nurse who seemed intent on redecorating her room with Tom's blood. Eventually a pale Tom and Mother Olly returned to find four desperately hungry individuals staring out of ...

... way slowly down the road and started a turn to the left, the name "Crease" leapt out at me and I had found her. It is a fairly weathered tombstone (after all, she did die in 1878) and it reads "Jane E. Nelson...daughter of John and Jane Crease of Alexandria, Virginia....Beloved wife of Rev. G.W. Nelson....and five years after, of Philip Nelson...of Hanover.....born Oct. 31, 1816.....died July 3, 1878.....O Christ when thou hadst ...