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Nice mountain getaway...
On 11/3/2015 6:50 AM, John H. wrote:
On Mon, 02 Nov 2015 22:37:23 -0500, wrote:
On Mon, 2 Nov 2015 18:16:29 -0800, Califbill billnews wrote:
I remember the movie last of the Mohicans, filmed near Ashland. Looked
like beautiful country.
That whole Smokey/Blue Ridge area is very similar, all the way from
Georgia up to West Virginia. You pretty much have to be a botanist to
tell the difference in the vegetation. It is really nice up there.
That was a great motorcycle ride from DC up into the GW forest.
Are you talking about 211 up and over the mountains? That used to be a fun ride, but
now the traffic is so miserable that the joy is gone. The Skyline Drive would be a
nice ride if they'd raise the speed limit by about 20mph. That 35mph limit is no fun,
and it's enforced.
The Blue Ridge Parkway is a fun ride. The speed limit is 45, but the cops will let
you go 10 over with no trouble.
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Ban idiots, not guns!
I have a cousin who made the trip south last month towing a travel
trailer. They did the Skyline Drive and said it took 4 hours to go 60
miles.
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