After leaving Appomattox, we drove through the horse farms and vineyards of Central Virginia to the endpoint of our trip, … Continue reading The Presidents of Charlottesville, Virginia

Our plan for the day was to get back on the Blue Ridge Parkway and drive another 110 miles to … Continue reading Appomattox, Virginia

Today, we drove the Parkway from Blowing Rock, NC to Copper Hill, VA, which is a little south of Roanoke. … Continue reading The Blue Ridge Parkway, Day Two

Before today, I didn’t think that any stretch of road could possibly be more beautiful than the Big Sur Highway. … Continue reading The Blue Ridge Parkway

After spending a night at Stone Mountain Georgia, we drove north to visit friends in Highlands, North Carolina.  We lived … Continue reading The Waterfalls of Highlands, North Carolina

When your route takes you across Tennessee, you will be offered many opportunities to visit Civil War battlefields. Tennessee was … Continue reading The Battle of Stones River

Just ten miles east of Nashville lies the Hermitage, the home of Andrew Jackson, the seventh US President. The property … Continue reading The Hermitage

Many years ago, we passed through Memphis as we relocated from Texas to North Carolina. We chanced upon Mud Island … Continue reading The Mississippi River