Day Five
Tuesday, July 2, 2002
(6:00 AM)
We got up early and ate Cheerios. We had our normal jobs of packing up. We were
on the road by 7:00 AM. Our first stop was Mabry's Mill off the Blue Ridge Parkway.
We viewed the exhibits (took many pictures) and I purchased some real honey
for Joanna. We had a long drive (120 miles) to Roanoke, VA. In Roanoke we visited
the Virginia Museum of Transportation. They had model trains and informational
exhibits. They also had an exhibit featuring costumes used in the movie Titanic.
We bought groceries, got gas and got back on the road. We ate our sandwiches
in the car. We stopped at the Roanoke River and walked down a short trail to
an overlook. We looked for, but could not see the Roanoke River Dam. We traveled
on to the Peaks of Otter Campground but decided not to stay there. I bought
some blackberry jam for my dad. We drove on to Otter's Creek and set up camp
at site 2. We heard thunder so we set up the tarp again and this time we needed
it! We decided to go and see Natural Bridge tonight because it was so close.
You cannot see the bridge from the road so we had to pay $9 each (which was
with a $1 AAA discount) to go see it. The rock formation was very neat, but
not really worth $18, but we didn't have a choice. We decided to go on to Lexington,
VA for dinner. By this point it was pouring and thundering and lightning. We
ate at Wendy's and headed back to camp. We bought Blue Ridge Parkway t-shirts
at the gift shop here at the campsite. We had a fire even though it was still
raining some. I took a "bird bath" at the comfort station and now
it is 9:25 PM and we are going to bed. Scott is downloading pictures again,
and we are going to Big Meadows campground in Shenandoah National Forest on
Skyline Drive tomorrow and probably to see Shenandoah Caverns.
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