Blue Ridge Parkway
In the morning, we made a camp breakfast of coffee, oj, bacon and eggs. We broke down camp and then went into Asheville to check out the town in the daylight. We were right! It was a neat little city. Lots of cafes, coffee shops and people on the streets. We finally got onto the Blue Ridge Parkway at almost 11am at the Asheville entrance.

Unfortunately, we were not treated kindly by the weather gods and could not enjoy the beautiful views we had been expecting. Most of the day was cloudy with heavy haze obscuring the mountain scenery. This new picture illustrates the view that we couldn't see.

However, it was still a very pleasant drive, taking us almost eight hours to complete. We covered close to 300 miles on the Parkway, exiting at Roanoke, crossing the border into Virginia along the way at mile 3428 of our trip.

We cut eastward across Virginia via Highways 460 and 360 into the city of Richmond to stay at our friend Steve's house. We arrived at Steve's house around 10:30pm and he was kind enough to treat us to a late night supper when we got there. What a nice house and a HUGE yard. Lots of room to run around! What great friends we have! Another night with a real bed and a hot shower!