Rodeway Inn Civic Center Roanoke

... picked up from the fuel stop earlier. We spread a blanket on the ground and had a short relaxing lunch at the PURGATORY MOUNTAIN overlook.

The mountainous scenery that displayed in front of us was absolutely ‘breathtaking’! While we were eating, I noticed movement to the side of us and looking in the direction, saw that we had a little ‘lunch visitor’ ...

... that we traveled.

Also there existed the slightest hint of fall colors appearing all around.

Despite the beauty of nature all around, there was also ample opportunities to ‘cut loose’ and play around the ‘Twisties’ (curves) that the mountain road had to offer…… ...

... and their family in Radford were had a feast of good ole southern down home cooking.  After dinner we headed back up to Salem and stopped by our old water hole, Mac and Bobs  to join the party!  

On our way out of Town on Sunday we made sure to stop by Alligator Alley, a favorite store of ours, for my husband to pick up a new Lacoste shirt.

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

... a level crossing, make the stop go lights change …you get the idea. Although it runs parallel to the actual line – which was VERY busy – all these have nothing to do with the existing railway – but it would be fun wouldn’t it?
The end of the line brought us to another building we wanted to see, the Art ...

... video of the glass blowing)
We then poked around W. Beverly St. and did some browsing in the rain. We made a stop at a cute little shop run by a guy from Newburyport (with a thick southern accent) that sold these hysterical rubber duckies called Celebriducks (www.celebriducks.com). They had an ...

... fresh fried chicken, mashed potatoes, greens, macaroni salad and Steve had to have some french fries! lol ! We were going back to the Natural Bridge for a laser show tonight at 9:00, but it started raining with storms expected in the area so we marked that off our list. We were ready to shower and relax anyway so that is what we are doing tonight. We hope to make it into Pennsylvania for the weekend. BTW - Tomorrow is our 43th anniversary!

... Ridge parkway. There were a ton of deer in the park and we ever saw a couple of young Black Bears. We're stopped for lunch now at a Denny's, which I think is making Chris cry a little on the inside, but they have free wifi. Hard to pass up a deal like that. Not sure where we'll be tonight. Asheville? Memphis? Roanoke? We'll see. Pictures to come.

... Avg $ Day: ______ Food: _______ Avg M Day: ______ Fees: _______ Emer: _______ Other: ______ Total: ______ Comments: Stayed at: Ate at: Did: Lots of lines in there for the DID part. And, I make myself fill in the blanks before I go to sleep, each night. Who would remember, the next day? Here is today's final log. Day/Date: Monday November 9, 1998 Start 11:15 AM Stop 5:45 PM Dollars ...