Betty AnoninTX...more of her epic trip:
We drove through another park:
Shenandoah National Park
in Virginia. We used it as a scenic drive on the way to another stop.
I wish we would have had time to stay a day or two so that we could
have done some hiking. The rolling Blue Ridge Mountains are beautiful.
We
drove what is called the Skyline Drive. We entered the Front Royal
(north) entrance and exited through the Rockfish Gap (south) entrance.
That is 105 miles, driving 35 mph. We stopped at the Dickey Ridge
Visitor Center near the north entrance and the Byrd Visitor Center at
Big Meadows to look at exhibits. We pulled off at overlooks and enjoyed
the scenery.
Fate, alas, was NOT remarkable here. BettyMary, I
had hoped to find Betty Ariel to take a “Surprise!” photo with her to
include in this part. I asked the ranger at the desk at Dickey Ridge if
she might know a ranger named Ariel. She asked what she did, and I
explained to the best of my ability. She nicely pointed out that it was
a large park and that there were many rangers in the park. She
suggested I ask at Big Meadows. I asked the ranger on duty there, and
she said basically the same thing. I even stared at every name tag on
every ranger, just in case. No luck. I had hoped I would be lucky and
spot her somewhere.
More to come….
Too bad you couldn't spot Betty Ariel anywhere. But what a route. I bet 105 miles of scenic route along the Skyline Drive (at 35 mph) beats a dull Dutch motorway any time.
ReplyDeleteBetty Barbara here--
ReplyDeleteOne of our best ever vacations was driving the length of Skyline Drive and the Blue Ridge Parkway. It was right before Easter, the redbud trees and the rhododendrons were just blooming and half of the facilities were not yet open for the season. We actually could not quite finish the drive--the last section into Asheville, NC was closed because of snow! We pretty much had the road to ourselves--unlike the crowds of mid-summer and the leaf-peepers of late fall.