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Posted by Susan Laity Price on November 2, 2009, 11:39 am
A drive on the Blue Ridge Parkway would be nice any time of year. I am
bringing scenery books home from the library for Mom to enjoy. This
month the book has been about the Blue Ridge Parkway through the four
seasons. I caught my husband looking through the book and dreaming of
another trip that direction. Enjoy your warm winter. Someday we will
be able to join the snow bird society.
Susan Price
On Sun, 1 Nov 2009 10:57:31 -0500, "Susan Torrens"
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>Had a great trip south. Day one was rainy until about 3pm. Day two, we
>drove along the Blue Ridge Parkway for a couple of hours, back to the
>interstate, and more Parkway further west. It was a clear sunny day, views
>were awesome, as most of the leaves were off the trees. Made it to MaryJo's
>in Gastonia by dinnertime. Picked up some black and white prints for a
>block exchange with my guild in Kingston, and also bought the background and
>mottled black fabric for a quilt project (I'll pick up the colours
>gradually, as I have lots of projects to work on already!)
>Day three, we debated stopping in Charleston and touring a plantation, but
>decided to leave it until spring, as the gardens will probably be prettier.
>Also, as we get closer to our southern home, we get anxious to see how it
>has fared without us over the summer.
>Our place is great, everything working so far. DH is cleaning the screen
>room this morning, as well as the sunroom side of the house (my sewing
>room!) Then we need to clean the windows in the sunroom, get some of the
>garden railway stuff out into the garden, and I can move my machine from the
>dining room table!
>We've done the first grocery trip, and have an on-going list on the
>refrigerator. I think we'll be shopping daily for a while......
>I may even get a sewing machine set up this afternoon!
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Posted by Sandy E on November 2, 2009, 6:44 pm
Howdy!
I'm sure it was nice up there, in March, altho' all we saw was the
swirling curtain of fog. I took it for about an hour, then told
Gene, "I need to get off here; there's an exit right there," about
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the time he noticed my white knuckles gripping the armrest. <g>
Down in the valleys it was gorgeous, looking at the underside of
the fog. Thank goodness we went to the Quilt Shop in Asheville first;
I had a bundle of fabric to hug - you know that always calms me down.
We're going back; the Blue Ridge Pkwy is addictive.
Welcome back, Susan T. Bienvenidos a Florida!
R/Sandy - con mucho gusto en Texas
On 11/2/09 10:39 AM, in article bh2ue5tu2annpi8oh1n0bql5u9df2hiupi@4ax.com,
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> A drive on the Blue Ridge Parkway would be nice any time of year. I am
> bringing scenery books home from the library for Mom to enjoy. This
> month the book has been about the Blue Ridge Parkway through the four
> seasons. I caught my husband looking through the book and dreaming of
> another trip that direction. Enjoy your warm winter. Someday we will
> be able to join the snow bird society.
>
> Susan Price
>
> On Sun, 1 Nov 2009 10:57:31 -0500, "Susan Torrens"
>
>> Had a great trip south. Day one was rainy until about 3pm. Day two, we
>> drove along the Blue Ridge Parkway for a couple of hours, back to the
>> interstate, and more Parkway further west. It was a clear sunny day, views
>> were awesome, as most of the leaves were off the trees. Made it to MaryJo's
>> in Gastonia by dinnertime. Picked up some black and white prints for a
>> block exchange with my guild in Kingston, and also bought the background and
>> mottled black fabric for a quilt project (I'll pick up the colours
>> gradually, as I have lots of projects to work on already!)
>> Day three, we debated stopping in Charleston and touring a plantation, but
>> decided to leave it until spring, as the gardens will probably be prettier.
>> Also, as we get closer to our southern home, we get anxious to see how it
>> has fared without us over the summer.
>> Our place is great, everything working so far. DH is cleaning the screen
>> room this morning, as well as the sunroom side of the house (my sewing
>> room!) Then we need to clean the windows in the sunroom, get some of the
>> garden railway stuff out into the garden, and I can move my machine from the
>> dining room table!
>> We've done the first grocery trip, and have an on-going list on the
>> refrigerator. I think we'll be shopping daily for a while......
>> I may even get a sewing machine set up this afternoon!
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Posted by Tia Mary on November 3, 2009, 8:04 am
Sandy E wrote:
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> Howdy!
>
> I'm sure it was nice up there, in March, altho' all we saw was the
> swirling curtain of fog. I took it for about an hour, then told
> Gene, "I need to get off here; there's an exit right there," about
> Down in the valleys it was gorgeous, looking at the underside of
> the fog. Thank goodness we went to the Quilt Shop in Asheville first;
> I had a bundle of fabric to hug - you know that always calms me down.
> We're going back; the Blue Ridge Pkwy is addictive.
>
> Welcome back, Susan T. Bienvenidos a Florida!
>
> R/Sandy - con mucho gusto en Texas
Just an FYI -- sometimes parts of the Blue Ridge Parkway are closed
depending on weather. Twice, I have been coming back from Asheville
heading south towards home and the Parkway was closed. Once was in
March when I had my DSis with me and I really wanted her to see the
beautiful mountains.
Also, for those who are not too familiar, the Parkway is CLOSED to
commercial traffic!! NO big 18 wheelers to have to drive behind. Of
course, with it being a pretty twisty, turny two lane road, no trucker
in his right mind would want to drive it :-). Opposite side of the coin
is getting behind someone who wants to drive 20 miles an hour the whole
time and there's NO passing anywhere along the road and there is no rest
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room in sight....... well, you get my drift :-). CiaoMeow >^;;^<
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PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< (RCTQ Queen of Kitties)
Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about
their whiskers!
Visit my Photo albums at http://community.webshots.com/user/tiamary
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Posted by Bonnie Patterson on November 3, 2009, 11:42 am
I have never been on the Blue Ridge Parkway, but, I have been on
Skyline Drive in Virginia. The speed limit is 35 mph, there are places
to pull over and get out of your car. There are hiking trails
w/parking and restrooms, there are/is an area to buy food or picnic.
It is beautiful, I've never felt that I was going to fall, and I am
afraid of heights. There have been times when all we saw was the top
of clouds/fog, and times that we saw deer every where, even saw a bear
one day. Never, never drive up there to see the fall leaf colors, it
is bumper to bumper traffic, with people who only drive once a year!
8~( Truth! Does not make my "driver" happy, of course his passenger
insists on reading the mile markers. "Mile marker one, mile marker
two..." and on, and on ...
Bonnie, in Middletown, VA, who has posted to her webshots a new quilt
but doesn't know how to get back there!
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> Just an FYI -- sometimes parts of the Blue Ridge Parkway are closed
>depending on weather. Twice, I have been coming back from Asheville
>heading south towards home and the Parkway was closed. Once was in
>March when I had my DSis with me and I really wanted her to see the
>beautiful mountains.
> Also, for those who are not too familiar, the Parkway is CLOSED to
>commercial traffic!! NO big 18 wheelers to have to drive behind. Of
>course, with it being a pretty twisty, turny two lane road, no trucker
>in his right mind would want to drive it :-). Opposite side of the coin
>is getting behind someone who wants to drive 20 miles an hour the whole
>time and there's NO passing anywhere along the road and there is no rest
>room in sight....... well, you get my drift :-). CiaoMeow >^;;^<
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Posted by on November 3, 2009, 1:53 pm
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> I have never been on the Blue Ridge Parkway, but, I have been on
> Skyline Drive in Virginia. The speed limit is 35 mph, there are places
> to pull over and get out of your car. There are hiking trails
> w/parking and restrooms, there are/is an area to buy food or picnic.
> It is beautiful, I've never felt that I was going to fall, and I am
> afraid of heights. There have been times when all we saw was the top
> of clouds/fog, and times that we saw deer every where, even saw a bear
> one day. Never, never drive up there to see the fall leaf colors, it
> is bumper to bumper traffic, with people who only drive once a year!
> 8~( =A0 Truth! Does not make my "driver" happy, of course his passenger
> insists on reading the mile markers. "Mile marker one, mile marker
> two..." =A0and on, and on ...
> Bonnie, in Middletown, VA, who has posted to her webshots a new quilt
> but doesn't know how to get back there!
> > =A0 Just an FYI -- sometimes parts of the Blue Ridge Parkway are closed
> >depending on weather. =A0Twice, I have been coming back from Asheville
> >heading south towards home and the Parkway was closed. =A0Once was in
> >March when I had my DSis with me and I really wanted her to see the
> >beautiful mountains.
> > =A0 =A0Also, for those who are not too familiar, the Parkway is CLOSED =
to
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> >commercial traffic!! =A0NO big 18 wheelers to have to drive behind. =A0O=
f
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> >course, with it being a pretty twisty, turny two lane road, no trucker
> >in his right mind would want to drive it :-). =A0Opposite side of the co=
in
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> >is getting behind someone who wants to drive 20 miles an hour the whole
> >time and there's NO passing anywhere along the road and there is no rest
> >room in sight....... well, you get my drift :-). =A0CiaoMeow >^;;^<
Having done the Blue Ridge Parkway for fall leaves, I would strongly
recommend seeing the fall foliage from the valleys instead - you can
see it all from there, not so much from above! Also, less traffic :-)
Hanne in DK (used to be VA)
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>drove along the Blue Ridge Parkway for a couple of hours, back to the
>interstate, and more Parkway further west. It was a clear sunny day, views
>were awesome, as most of the leaves were off the trees. Made it to MaryJo's
>in Gastonia by dinnertime. Picked up some black and white prints for a
>block exchange with my guild in Kingston, and also bought the background and
>mottled black fabric for a quilt project (I'll pick up the colours
>gradually, as I have lots of projects to work on already!)
>Day three, we debated stopping in Charleston and touring a plantation, but
>decided to leave it until spring, as the gardens will probably be prettier.
>Also, as we get closer to our southern home, we get anxious to see how it
>has fared without us over the summer.
>Our place is great, everything working so far. DH is cleaning the screen
>room this morning, as well as the sunroom side of the house (my sewing
>room!) Then we need to clean the windows in the sunroom, get some of the
>garden railway stuff out into the garden, and I can move my machine from the
>dining room table!
>We've done the first grocery trip, and have an on-going list on the
>refrigerator. I think we'll be shopping daily for a while......
>I may even get a sewing machine set up this afternoon!