Eastern Shore Oct. 9

Day 16

It's still chilly, and we're heading to the mountains! Our first sighting is from the Bedford Wal Mart at 850 feet.

We enter the Blue Ridge Parkway hit the Visitors Centre and start north through the beautiful scenery. The colours are probably 30%, so, though beautiful, have a long way to go:

We stop and chat with Honda-riding father and son from Michigan. Dad drives a Goldwing, so ideas for camera, trailer, heated clothes, etc. Still adjusting to the RV lifestyle, people and gear, and now this!

We set up camp at Otter Creek ($16, no services), then get on the bike and rode to Natural Bridge. Don't go unless you want to spend $19 plus for a view of a hole in the rocks. Hate that! But the ride was twisty turny and kind of fun with pretty views:

We stopped at the Visitors Centre and kind of coerced the non-communicative Ranger in to explaining the canal and locks we were viewing. He started talking (a lot, now) and we realized we were still in the South as he used the word Yankees a lot when talking about The War.

Back to camp, we ate and had a campfire! While sitting out, we heard a big bang and thought a car blew a tire. All seemed safe as the car soon drove away. What's with us and gun-like noises?

Here's the view from the bike (no apparent reason for this):

and the view from my chair: