Cruisin' the Blue Ridge Parkway

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John's Journal

Day Eighteen

Mileage-

Route- Blue Ridge Parkway

Slept in this morning left around 11:30am. Had a fine cup o' Joe, I might add. Breakfast was a pack of Cheese and Peanut Butter crackers (thanks to the group from Indy). The weather couldn't be more beautiful; clear blue skies, kinda chilly (I have the electric vest and the heated handgrips on) with very little traffic. Except for a group of motorcycles.

I stopped at some overlook (Glassmine Falls, 5200 feet elev.) and around the corner came about 8 motorcycles. Great! I love it when a group stops in. They were all from Massachusetts out for a week. They did this trip last year, too. Most of them were related (father, mother, sons, etc.), but a few were just friends. Like most people, they were pretty surprised when I told them where I was from. They had a great mix of mostly Japanese bikes from the Honda sport touring ones, sort like mine, to more radical rocket-bikes. They were heading to Cherokee, where Jan, Dean and Brad and I stayed, I think.

Maybe I didn't get as much sleep as I thought, because I sure seem to enjoy stopping more often today. I have talked to several sets of motorcycles from all over. I stopped for lunch atop the tallest point in the Eastern US (or so the sign says) at Mount Wilson?. Lunch was OK, the hot spiced cider was really good! I may not make Roanoke tonight, but who cares?

I did notice that my Nephew and his wife (Jacques and Kim) are now living in Charlottesville, VA and I will practically go right by there. I called and hopefully I can stop in and see them. They are really great people.