It's only a travel day

Plans were to leave early in the day and ride to Wytheville, VA. Originally, we had intended to head towards Skyline Drive and the Blue Ridge Parkway. James wanted to spend more time with his cousins which meant a more direct, and faster route.

Issue number one...the wake up call. Nada. Fortunately, we woke up at 8am. Unfortunately, we didn't depart until 10am. The benefit to the late departure was that the fog was burning off. It was a bit like soup earlier in the morning.

So be it. Better late than never!

Today's distance was 430 miles of slab. Over the course of our route, we passed through four states... Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginia. Getting up late also meant passing on some great attractions such as Hershey and Gettysburg, PA and the memorial at Virginia Tech in Blackburg. Skipped the Natural Bridge outside of Roanoke too.

Amazingly, the scoot, which thinks it's a baby "Wing" displayed some of the behavior of it's bigger brother. We were looking for food and low and behold...


It found a Dairy Queen. The Gold Wing would have been so proud.

While eating, I noticed that I still had the stamp from the Baseball Hall of Fame on my hand. Hmmm... if I don't wash it I can get in free next time. Nope, I think not. Here lies the last remaining evidence of the stamp!











Our trip somehow took all day. James was in the "my butt is sore" mood and we took plenty of breaks in addition to the DQ. At one rest area, James determined that the name was appropriate and he proceded to do just that...rest. In fact, a nap is a more fitting description.

As you can see, waking up is less than pleasant!!!!

One event that did take place on our trip was the spotting of numerous NASCAR team haulers. The race was in Pocono and all were making the trip from North Carolina to the track in Long Pond.

A few of those we passed intermittently over a two hour time frame... Matt Kenseth (#17), Elliott Sadler (#19), Regan Smith (#01), Kyle Petty (#45), Bobby Labonte (#43), Scott Riggs (#66), Kurt Busch (#2), Sam Hornish (#77), Kasey Kahne (#9), Denny Hamlin (#11), Tony Stweart (#20), Travis Kvapil (#28), Jeff Gordon (#24), Jeff Burton (#31), Kevin Harvick (#29), and David Reutimann (#44). Sixteen of the field of forty three were on the road. For those NASCAR fans, the parade was quite a sight!!!

Tomorrow we are stopping at the Bristol Motor Speedway for a photo op and then we head to Knoxville.