Trippin’ Around North America

Down the Shenandoah Valley...

October 23

The road heading SW from Pennsylvania to Atlanta takes us down the Shenandoah Valley with the Appalachian Mountains off to the side the whole several hundred mile route. The mountains are gently rolling softly rounded more hills than mountains. They are beautiful with fall colours this time of the year.





For lunch we stopped at a place called Natural Bridge in Virginia.

It is a limestone arch with a small river running below, over which a highway runs. The land around was bought by Thomas Jefferson for about $2.40 in today's money, from King George lll, [they were still talking at the time obviously]. It is now a destination for outdoor enthusiastics to hike the canyon and the kids will enjoy all the attractions made to make it more than just a natural bridge. Fellette and I did a one hour power-hike to "The Falls", that are more cute than spectacular.

A Japanese woman took the photo.

There is a nearby "Foam Henge",

a wax museum, Convention Centre/Hotel, Toy Museum, mini-golf and on and on. The gift shop inside is about the size of today's major supermarket stores. Only in America!

After lunch we continued down the corridor to our destination for the night, Charlotte, North Carolina. The weather is very chilly, close to freezing. You know Vancouver takes much flak for its weather, but at least it is temperate. My nephew in Atlanta, our next stop, says it is cold down there. Somehow I always expect the South to be warm. Not so. At least we have avoided hurricanes so far.

We seem to be on a "fly-way" for snow-birders heading south for the winter. The camp is packed with 40 foot long diesel-pushers with every modern convenience possible. [See photo of one that passed us towing his Cadillac?]


I bought gas in Virginia for .59c C$ a litre today.

Tomorrow, Atlanta, Lord willing.

posted by Doug and Fellette @ 10:15 AM