With the motorhome back and running better than ever, we
have cruised well into Virginia. We
found ourselves at Natural Bridge, VA.
in a KOA campground. People here
take their camping seriously. Last night
was karaoke-----all Johnny Cash and
Merle Haggard. Yeehah! Actually the natural bridge is a
wonder-----278 feet high; surveyed by George Washington (who carved his
initials
into the rocks) and purchased by Thomas Jefferson.
This was a beautiful stroll along the stream
that carved the bridge up to a waterfall----this is what I love about this
trip.
Next was a drive up another stretch of the Blue Ridge
Parkway. We were set to take several
hikes. The first one was an exploration
of an old logging track complete with the rails they used to move the I knew the frontiersmen had logged this
area, but the sophistication of building railroads to move the logs to canals (dug
by slaves) and from there to the mills did not occur to me. It explains the concept behind the Blue
Ridge Parkway----the leveling for the roadbed had partly been done for the
railroad.
Finally, some famous names history. Stonewall Jackson spent most of his life in
Lexington, VA (this is his house), and Robert E. Lee retired here after the Civil War. Jackson taught at Washington and Lee University and Lee ran the University. In fact Robert E. Lee is buried at the
University, along with most of his family and his horse, Traveller. People had sprinkled baby carrots on
Travellers’ grave stone. It made my
relationship with the pugs seem almost normal.
Which brings me to. . . . . . .
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