Sep 20, 2011 - Broadway, VA

Staying at Harrisonburg/Shenandoah KOA GREAT campground - I LOVE it here, very wooded, it's really a great place . . . and Daisy is so happy, she knows there are squirrels here! Daisy got a bath first thing today, Bob & I had a nice breakfast at a Bagel shop near the groomer then we went looking for a Verizon store, found one very near where we were - we got new Android Samsung GalaxyS phones and we hadn't figured out how to activate them so we sought their help and learned a few tricks but, BOY there is allot to learn - hope we haven't...

Jun 1, 2011 - Harrisonburg, VA

Day 5, Wednesday Today was a travel day and would have been a pretty good one if we had not tried to save time. We left Linville Falls and traveled to Boone. From there we were heading to I-77 when we thought we would take a little shortcut. Unfortunately we misread the map and ended up climbing higher into the mountains, back to the Blue Ridge Parkway. It sounds a little stupid that we would have gone so far out of our way but it is not that easy to turn around on a two lane mountain road while pulling a travel trailer. When we finally...

Jun 7, 2010 - Day 87 - Shenandoah NP/Skyline Drive

Today was a long day, but I did something I didn't think I was going to do...and something I've wanted to do for a long time. I slightly straighted my original route and was able to put Skyline Drive and Shenandoah National Park on my itinerary for the day. It indeed was a gorgeous drive...I can only imagine the phenomenal beauty in the fall. (If you hear the song/music Shenandoah, it simply beckons to be placed on your bucket list.) I left the campground at 9:00 a.m. and didn't get home until 7:00 p.m. But it was a wondrous day (and as...

Jun 6, 2010 - Day 86 - STATE #21 - VIRGINIA

Hallelujah! I am caught up. Days 81 to present have photos posted and captions added and I'm pooped! At least the process flowed smoothly here. The day was a 200 miler and scenic the entire way. I am between Harrisonburg and New Market, both very historical locations in this beautiful Shenandoah Valley. My campground is also tops and is such a pleasure to be here after my last park. And best of all...there are fireflies out there tonight and I haven't seen them since I left Atlanta in 1957! When I saw one tonight I thought I imagined it...

May 31, 2010 - Neil and Andi

Just a couple more pictures from Washington. The Columbus statue was rather interesting. Sorry that I didn't get him in the pic! He was on top, and facing the other direction. There was a statue of an old man on one side, representing the Old World, and a statue of an Indian on the other side, representing the New World. We spent part of Memorial Day visiting with oldest son, Neil, and his "kids", Andi and Drew (well, a few minutes with Drew). Then we had a great lunch at a very tasty Thai restaurant with Neil and Andi. We had actually had...

Sep 8, 2009 - Blue Ridge Parkway

After camping close to the place we were going to have our front wheels aligned their machine broke so we will wait and get it done in OK when we are at Dave's. Tonight we are staying in a camp by a creek,in the Shenandoah Valley it's beautiful. Tomorrow we will be on the blue ridge parkway. D & G

May 9, 2009 - Harrisonburg/Shenandoah KOA

Despite stops for gas and cat breaks we made it to western Virginia. Arrived with darkness and rain.After "threading " the trailer between two large trees and bending the F150 around park vehicles we got parked and quickly unhooked only getting slightly damp. Precious(happy camper 1) was quite happy to be stationary. Stanley(happy camper2) took t exploring every inch of the trailer,including a open drawer

Nov 9, 2008 - Denver with Jeff, Linda and Maya

I spent several great days in Denver visiting with Jeff, Linda and Maya and doing some things that can only be done in a larger city like Denver. I got to spend a good bit of one on one time with Maya which was great. She is such a great little person! While there I visited an Apple Computer Store and ended up buying a brand new MacBook computer. At first it intimidated me quite a bit because it is different from the PC's that I've had all of my life, but after some time, practice, and help from Jeff and Linda I've come to like if a lot. I...

Jul 16, 2008 - Travel Day through the Blue Ridge Mountains

Today, we said goodbye to Judy and Terry (Sharon's cousins) and headed out on our journal to Wahington DC. We took a ride through the local town of Abingdon, took some pictures and then set out. It is a real pretty drive up highway 81. We are spending tonight in a KOA Campground in Harrisonburg, Virginia. It is back in the woods and really beautiful, including fire flies (lightning bugs). We will have a four hour drive to DC tomorrow. Tomorrow July 17 is Sharon's birthday - so she gets to go to one quilting store. Hope all is well. BS & BS

Jun 24, 2008 - A brief stop-over

I am not sure if I should head out as I have had a lousy cold for the past couple of days but this motel is, well…. Let me put it this way, Motel 6 is a palace! So off I go and get back on the parkway. Its 700 kilometers long and then it joins the Skyline highway that runs through Shenandoah National Park, another 160 kilometers. And all of these highways range between 200 metres to 2,000. These two roads were the brainchild of Franklin Roosevelt. In 1933, following the depression, he set about teaching young men how to work hard by...

Jun 14, 2008 - Harrisonburg, VA

We opted to do a little sightseeing today rather than hitting a woods trail. Our destination was Harrisonburg, VA, located about 25 miles north of Staunton off I-81. One of our great pleasures when traveling around our great country is to get off the interstate highways and take to the back roads. This part of Virginia is farmland and absolutely beautiful. Harrisonburg was settled in 1780. It is the county seat of Rockingham County and the home of James Madison University. The railroad runs through the community and it saw a couple battles...

Apr 30, 2008 - Grayson KY to Harrisonburg, VA

April 30, 2008 Grayson, KY to Harrisonburg, VA This morning was a little rough. I had trouble sleeping parts of the night and around 0400 I woke up and realized the furnace was running but not putting out any hot air. I knew the propane tank must be empty so I got up and switched it over to the second tank and then checked the furnace and it was now happy. When we awoke around 0630 the temperature was 31 degrees and there was frost everywhere so it may have got a little colder during the night. We had breakfast and I dumped the tanks then...