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Jun 26, 2013 - Jefferson State Park

We made it to High Knob Park in the Jefferson National Forest outside of Norton, Va. to spend the night. The Dragon Road over in western North Carolina has nothing on this winding road up to the park. Hairpin turns for 5 miles until we finally reached the campground. It was us and one tenter for the night. Sure was nice to be in a camper since it rained all night!

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Jun 9, 2012 - Coincidence? I think not

You may remember from yesterday that we were at Pilot Mountain NC. We went up to the summit and it was breathtaking. What a beautiful day to be up there. Then we drove to the Horne Creek Living Historical Farm in nearby Pinnacle. We took a a self guided walking tour of this historic farm. There is a huge house at the center of the property that was completed in 1880. From there we drove to Mt. Airy the home of Charlie Weaver. You have to be pretty old to remember who he was. Anyway, Mt. Airy bills itself as Mayberry USA. There is an Andy...

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