Travel Day--Blue Ridge Parkway

Before traveling on Blue Ridge Parkway, Bob checked out reviews from other RV travelers. They all talked about the curvy, narrow roads and the low hanging branches. We decided to give it a try since the entrance was not far from our campground at Lake Powhatan. WEEELLLLL, the reviewers never mentioned the bicyclists who were also traveling the parkway! What a nightmare! We never knew when Sol took a sharp corner if there were going to be bicycles halfway through the turn. Bob and I were both white-knuckled by the end of the day and we didn't even go that far!

We did stop to enjoy the views along the way.

We stopped for lunch at a picnic area along the parkway. During that time, the foot pedal decided to fall off the toilet! We figured out how to flush without it and continued on our way.

 Our stop for the night was off the parkway near mile marker 220--Thistle Meadow Winery. The winery is located in Laurel Springs, North Carolina. The winery is a member of Harvest Hosts. This is not a vineyard, the winery purchases concentrate grape juice from all over the world and the owner, a retired pharmacists blends the wines on the premises. It was the first time I had a wine tasting where I liked all the wines!

 I purchase two bottles, one for drinking and one for cooking. I could just taste the shrimp I wanted to douse in Dracula's Demise! The other is a pinot noir.

 It was nice to be off the road and relaxing for the evening. If I had known that it would be my last Internet connection for almost two weeks, I would have tried to update the blog, but who knew!

While parked and with Internet, we found a video on how to fix the toilet.....it involved taking the toilet out, which we did. Unfortunately, the fix didn't work. Everytime we tested it, the foot pedal fell off after two tries. Bob reinstalled the toilet and we will manually hand flush until we get to an area with an RV parts store.

The next morning we set off for Mount Rogers National Recreation Area at the base of the tallest peak in Virginia.