Saturday, May 5, 2012
Traveled from milepost 0 - 85.9
We had breakfast at the hotel and then drove the guys to the beginning of the parkway. The day looked pretty good with only 40% chance of rain. It was overcast when they left but about 5 miles in it started to drizzle and then the drizzle turned to rain and it rained the rest of the day until we arrived at our next hotel. The clouds where low and some of the time we were driving either in the cloud or above it, very weird and kind of scary too since we couldn't see anything, scary especially for the bicyclists. It was good that the yellow center line was marked on the road otherwise we would not have known where the road was.
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| And off they go. . . |
Karen and I stopped at several places. First at
Rockfish Valley Overlook, then at Humpback Rocks where there was a mountain farm exhibit. After that we just stopped at several overlooks, if the weather would have been better we might have gotten more pictures, but as it was we couldn't really see much.
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| Rockfish Valley Overlook |
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| Humpback Rock |
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| Humpback Rock farm exhibit |
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| Humpback Rock, main farm house |
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| Humpback Rock, chicken coop |
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| Humpback Rock |
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| Humpback Rock, root cellar |
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| Humpback Rock, bear proof pigsty |
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| Humpback Rock, barn |
We also stopped at James River where there was an old lock. We had to take a footbridge over the river to get there. We had a sort of small SAG stop at the parking lot there.
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| Rock Point Overlook |
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| Flame Azaleas at Whetstone Ridge |
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| James River |
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| James River |
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| James River Bridge, Parkway is above us. |
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| Battery Creek Lock at James River |
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| Battery Creek Lock at James River |
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| Battery Creek Lock at James River |
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| James River SAG stop |
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| A traffic sign on top of a mountain |
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| Driving inside a cloud |
Our overnight spot was
Peaks of Otter Lodge. It is a very lovely place in the middle of the mountains and next to a small lake. Karen and I had a late lunch there. The guys finally arrived all soaking wet and freezing. They definitely needed a warm shower and dry clothes on. The hotel rooms were lovely but they did not have a TV, internet access not even a hairdryer. We had a lovely dinner in their dining-room.
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| One of the peaks at Peaks of Otter, view from the lodge dining room |
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| Peaks of Otter, view from our balcony |
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| Grounds at Peaks of Otter Lodge |
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| Peaks of Otter Lodge |
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| Giant Rhododendron |
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