Down By The River, Pineola, NC

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Arrived Monday around noon the campground in flat, well manicured, and nice, if you notice in the pictures the nice cement interior roads and pads, some family member owns a cement plant.

Went up the Blue Ridge Parkway as far as milepost 294 we are about 2 miles from the Parkway in Pineola at milepost 310.

Tuesday we went to Linville Falls and walked the trails, about milepost 320.

Tuesday, August 5, 2008 a week has gone bye. The Linville River runs along the edge of the campground so you can put your toy boats in and go 20 miles down stream and watch them go over the falls. I think it acquires more water somewhere between here and there, because if you look at the picture of the falls it is hard to spot the boat going over..

Monday, August 11,2008 We will be here until the end of October.

Breaks Interstate Park, Breaks, VA

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Monday arrived a little before noon, it took us a while to get settled into a site after trying out a few, I had to disconnect and reconnect the truck to get out of one of them, another first, but no dents or scratches. If I had had my chainsaw.....it would have been easier.

Tuesday the trails, overlooks and interior roads are superb. The waitress at the lodge was from Haysi, VA about 8 miles down the crooked road, we asked if they had a shopping center, she replied "we ain't got a shopping center, but we got a Dollar General". My kind of place.

Thursday today we went to lunch at the Road Kill Kafa down the road from Breaks,VA and of course I had to have the Road Kill Burger ------ the owner assured me that it wasn't coon or possum...whatever it was it was good.

Littcarr Campground, Littcarr, KY

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We arrived here on Monday the 14th and this is a very very nice Core park a 9 ½ out of 10 on Carr Creek Lake, KY.
Tuesday we went to check out Kingdom Come State Park as a potential place to go next, we went down some of the best country roads in Eastern Kentucky going the back way 160 and Little Shepherd Trail We decided not to go there next, as of now we decided on Breaks Interstate Park close to Breaks Va.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008 we rode to Hazard, Ky this morning didn’t see any of the Dukes
Friday, July 18, 2008 for a more descriptive detail of things see Buddy & Patsy's blog www.gopherstrails.blogspot.com

Warriors Path State Park, Kingsport, TN

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There were few sites to choose from when we (the A's & the B's) arrived Monday morning, but we managed to fit in a couple that were left. We toured downtown Kingsport by foot and truck and ate a good restaurant called 12 Bones.

Wednesday we went to Natural Tunnel SP in TN, rode the ski lift up and down and it made for an easy trip, the park was very nice & extra neat but decided the sites were to small for our rigs.

Thursday it rained.

Vanderpool's Campground, Boone, NC

Vanderpool's Campground, Boone, NC

Monday arrived here at our usual time after a leisurely drive over the mountains and thru the center of town, very little traffic.

This is a very nice private park, well kept and pleasant owners.

All of us the A's, B's, C's and R's rode the Virginia Creeper Trail from Whitetop Mountain, VA to Damacus it was a nice trail 20 miles down hill .

Things old people do to make their kids proud

Bandits Roost COE, Wilkesboro, NC

Bandits Roost COE, Wilkesboro, NC

Arrived Monday morning early after a 30 mile ride from Stone Mountain and there were very few empty sites that were available for a week. We had reserved site A43 from the Internet and did a fabulous job of picking a good site again. In the afternoon we went to the laundromat, the air conditioned one with the wanted poster on the door. While waiting for the clothes we walked next door to the hot rod shop an was very impressed.

Wednesday morning we moved from A43 a 30 amp site to B71 a 50 amp site because of low voltage.

Thursday we went for a couple hour walk from the dam, then rode to Vanderpool's in Boone to visit Jim & Joanne, John & Lu went to the Mellow Mushroom for lunch. Rained on the way home.

Sunday it has been raining the last few days late in the afternoon so we haven't been walking the nice trail between the campground and the dam, but around and around the park interior roads. Today we went in town and walked on the Yadkin Greenway and other parts of it that are complete.

Stone Mountain State Park, Traphill, NC

Stone Mountain State Park, Traphill, NC

Monday 16 June 2008 We arrived early after about a 20 something ride from Warriors Creek in Wilkesboro up routes 268, SR1099 to SR1002 to Trarphill the best and direct route. There were a lot more people coming and going in the campground than I would have thought for the first if the week. The deer are thick here saw a heard of 16 plus more in the field down the road
Tuesday 17 June 2008 Cooled off nicely last night. Buddy & Patsy arrived at noon from Charlotte, NC, caught up on there travels, visited the Visitor Center, and had hand dipped ice cream at the Country Mountain Store down the road.
Wednesday 18 June 2008 Nice and cool this morning when we started our hike over and around Stone Mountain at 8:00 and we were back at 12:30 4.5 hours and enough steps to last for awhile.
Thursday 19 June 2008 Went for a nice walk we drove to the homestead parking area and walked Wolf Rock & Cedar Rock trail the views were as good or better than over the top of Stone Mt..
We went to Wal-Mart in Elkin the back way nice road and also found
Carol’s Restaurant on the way back to the campground.
Friday 20 June Jim & Joanne came by in the morning and we all went to lunch at Carol's in Austin, NC and it met all my expectations.