Red Roof Inn Wytheville Va

... 8211; its criteria being: historic, cultural, natural, scenic, recreational, archeological and contains features that do not exist elsewhere. We only drove 42 of its 470 mile length but it will be unforgettable. There are numerous lookout points and historic areas, some of them being:

· Rocky Knob – You can see 40 miles, into North Carolina.

· Rock Castle Gorge – Very deep and ...

... 8211; its criteria being: historic, cultural, natural, scenic, recreational, archeological and contains features that do not exist elsewhere. We only drove 42 of its 470 mile length but it will be unforgettable. There are numerous lookout points and historic areas, some of them being:

· Rocky Knob – You can see 40 miles, into North Carolina.

· Rock Castle Gorge – Very deep and ...

... further yesterday than we have been traveling in a day, so we got here late last night. We had planned on riding our bikes down the Virginia Creeper Trail but decided this morning that we were going to hang around the campground and relax today. It has been a beautiful day here with nice warm breezy weather. We plan on making it home sometime next week.

The pictures are random... some are of the PA countryside.

June 21

Following a decent nights rest we entered Chimney Rock Park and made our way up to the Chimney Rock formation. After we parked the motorcycles we had to proceed about 500 feet through a man made tunnel in the side of the mountain that lead us to an elevator that took us to the top of Chimney Rock. There we had a magnificent view (for miles and miles) of Lake Lure and the Hickory Nut Gorge.

Today is ...

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.

... on the highway he was fine, I was the one who now had to deal with wind chill. Funny no bikers out today. Saw 2 yesterday with a lot of gear. Around Bristol I went into a VA welcome center and got coupon books and advice. Decided I had enough stamina to get to Wytheville and just 30 miles outside, I noticed the snow. Wonderful. Temp dropped as the cloud cover became pronounced. May be a later start tomorrow too since the high here will be 39. But at least I am 188 miles closer today.

... was going fine until we reached the town of Boone and the detour signs disappeared. The road we needed was the 421, which on our map appeared to run east to west. So when given the choice of the 421 north or the 421 south, we took north as the direction we were headed in was north. Well you guessed it, after about 9 miles when we saw signs for Mountain City we realised that we should have gone the ...

... we spent on the Blue Ridge Parkway - from Big Island, Virginia to Fancy Gap, Virginia. The Blue Ridge Parkway is the longest national park in the country. Our little portion today was in the Roanoke area. The views are breathtaking....the drive is peaceful and serene....a wonderful way to spend the day before returning to the craziness of life in the city.

... over, but it also got us help with our first RV hook up, and got the pool opened past closing time for the kids and early in the morning at 8am, before the normal 10am opening time. The air was cool, we opened the windows and turned the A/C off, and finally got the kids to bed, with Janelle and the girls in the loft over the RV cab, and Meaw slept with Spencer on the pullout couch. Then, we declared victory and collapsed ourselves. Not bad for a first day.

... plain. Pilot Mountain is capped by two prominent pinnacles. Big Pinnacle, with walls of bare rock and a rounded top covered by vegetation, rises 1,400 feet above the valley floor, the knob jutting skyward more than 200 feet from its base. Big Pinnacle is connected to Little Pinnacle by a narrow saddle. Visitors have easy access to the top of Little Pinnacle where the view encompasses hundreds of square miles of the Piedmont and the ...