The morning dawned bright and sunny! A few thunderheads still lingered, but posed no threat to our day. God certainly watched over us. We got our awning in just in time last night. A trailer down the way had theirs completely torn off by the wind. We took it easy in the morning and took care of business. Sharon had heard music presentations at the Blue Ridge Music Center just down the parkway from Fancy Gap would be starting today at noon. As we drove out of ...

Today, we left Montebello and headed south on the Blue Ridge Parkway. The weather was sunny and clear. Our destination is Fancy Gap, about the half-way point of the Parkway. There were several turnouts that had some beautiful views. The first turnout that we came to was the Roanoke River Overlook. When the parkway was built, I'm sure they must have had a perfect view of the river. However, years later, the trees have grown, so we could only view the river throug...

The night before, we pulled into this campground quite late, so we were not able to get a picture of the sign or of our campground. So, here it is in all of its glory! The only problem with the campground is that the roads are awful. You ever pull a 35 foot trailer over a road with potholes? Not fun!!! Then coming down from our camp site, the trailer scraped bottom. Most of the campgrounds on the Blue Ridge Parkway are located in small towns which are usually ...

After packing up the trailer, we headed out of Hickory Hollow Campground and headed south on a country road to the Twilight Zone! I'm calling it that because this is the place where these odd appendages of Maryland, West Virginia and Virginia all converge. Traveling south from Hickory Hollow, we went through farm land and dairies. We drove past this old farm that had an old silo that was made from large brick. The country road that we were on ended into a highway...