Today was the final day of my vacation. After leaving Roanoke (which I must visit again when I have more time) I simply headed north on the Blue Ridge Parkway until I reached its northern terminus. Although most of the trees were bare I very much enjoyed the drive and views. In some ways I … Continue reading Day 54 – Blue Ridge and Home
The National Park Service has two parkways that approximately follow the crest of the Appalachian Mountains in Virginia and North Carolina. One is called Skyline Drive which runs through Shenandoah National Park in Virginia. The other is the Blue Ridge Parkway which is a 469 mile long, two lane (one each direction), controlled access road … Continue reading Day 53 – Appalachian Goodness
My first tourist stop of the day was the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Chevrolet Corvettes are assembled in Bowling Green and, over the years, the Vette has become an institution so they decided to create what is thought to be the only museum in the world dedicated to just one model of … Continue reading Day 52 – Crumpled Cars and the World’s Largest Known Cave
Today was mainly a driving day as I hit the 10,000 mile mark just before crossing the Mississippi river and, I’m glad to say, the weather was calm and sunny. The journey was 346 miles through four states – Missouri, Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky – with the only tourist stop being the Cathedral Basilica of … Continue reading Day 51 – Beauty in St. Louis
Today was Veteran’s Day in the US, which recognizes the contributions of all US Armed Forces veterans on the anniversary of Armistice Day in 1918, when World War One hostilities ended. So it was particularly appropriate that this was the day that I happened to be in Kansas City, Missouri where the National World War … Continue reading Day 50 – Learning Some History on Armistice Day
Today was a quick dash from Denver to Topeka, Kansas; a distance of 535 miles. Nothing remarkable to report although I had not realized that the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library was on my route (in Abilene, Kansas) or I might have planned a stop. I also drove over the first 8 miles of Interstate … Continue reading Day 49 – Dashing across the plains
It’s downhill all the way home after crossing the continental divide today. I had hoped to get to Denver via Rocky Mountain National Park or using the Top of the Rockies Scenic Byway but I am too late in the year and both of those scenic passes over the divide are closed due to snow. … Continue reading Day 48 – The Continental Divide