Residence Inn By Marriott Harrisonburg

... you are really interested in a timeshare, don't waste your time; not even for the promised $100, which is given to you in "Massanutten Bucks" at the end. The representative that drove us around and showed us every inch of the place was nice and personable, but the heavy handed approach began when we returned to the main building and was taken into a room to meet another representative. This lady was pushy and once she knew that she was NOT going to make a sale, she became quite ...

... I had known prior to this trip was the now "former" natural bridge of Aruba (former because it collapsed) I have to say that this was an impressive site. We spent about an hour there and then looked at the map for some nice curvey roads to spend the rest of the day on.

Our choice of roads proved succesful, but upon ...

... The weather was divine. (63 F) Couldn't be better for biking and hiking.   The wonderful clean air is rejuvenating.  We got to see some more deer.  Too cool.  You could practically touch them.  We didn't.  Got close though.  The girls kept following one around until it decided to hop far away.  It wanted to eat in peace.  Can't blame the poor thing.  Well we kept riding our bikes until the girls decided to call it quits.  It ...

... the day.

When we got back to the room we realized it was an hour later than we thought and now its approaching 0900 but this last leg of our trip is a fairly easy jaunt so no problem. The Super 8 here in Grayson was acceptable for the $45 rate we paid. Bed was good and all else was good too.

Down the road we went enjoying the countryside. We stopped about 15 miles down the road at the Flying J just before entering West Virginia and fueled up. Diesel was ...

... and lungs acting up. But we took lots of pretty pictures of the water and the gnarled tree roots and the many layers of mountains. We played peekaboo with dozens of deer, the most domesticated I've ever seen outside of captivity. We startled a rabbit in the underbrush by the side of the road. We even encountered some ...

... After a while we are ok. We decide to go through the 64 after Richmond. Obviously more rain. We make the 81 around 6 p.m. More rain. We decide to stop around 6:30 p.m.  We have supper in the room (stuff we had at the villa and that we made in the microwave). Tip: if you can get some meal prepare and freeze it. We had glad containers ...

Sandi spent two very special months with our families, including... Sandi's mom Pam and her husband John, grandma Doccie, Aunt Pat and Uncle Bob, brothers Robbie and John Sanford, sister and brother-in-law Kelly and Ken, and niece and nephew Lynn and Steven. Brad's mom and dad Pete and Sandra, brother Aaron ...

... Haul rental contract and verified that the only item in the trailer was the bike. Once I was through the gate I pulled over and was changing the GPS to miles from Kilometres when an official came over and advised me that I needed to move on. So I did. I continued South on the I81 Interstate and after twelve hours of travel I eventually arrived at Harrisonburg, Virginia and am settled into a Motel 6 for the night It is warmer, but it is still cold, however there is no sign of snow

... meters with some amazing view of some amazing mountain - it's almost too much !   I've called and told my host that I will arrive tonight, so I can be ready for work tomorrow morning. As a volunteer, they offered me housing, which just shows how committed people are to the cause - I was quite amazed to hear that. So I'll leave my little Virginia lookout point - where I'm sitting and writing this post - head on further down south and into North ...

... to use modern farm machinery because they couldn't otherwise earn a living from the land. I don't buy into their way of life and separation from modern living, but I do respect what they're doing and I'd hate to see this way of life dying out. In the afternoon the 2 Laura's and I headed off to Shenandoah National Park. The park takes in part of the Blue Ridge Mountains which form part of the Applachians. The Skyline Drive runs north to south through ...