We are back on the road. Have been since Monday morning. I am writing from Nashville on Thursday morning.
After a fun week down the shore, we said our multiple goodbyes to our families. On Saturday we visited Rob's hometown, Kearny NJ, and then delivered Heather, Will and Rob's cousin John Murray from Scotland to the Newark Airport for their flights home. We spent Saturday night in northwest NJ with Rob's sister and family and Sunday night with Lee's parents in PA. For dinner on Sunday night, the Zimmerman gang went out to the Horse Inn (a family tradition) in Lancaster, PA to celebrate Lee's mother's 77th birthday. Erin remains on the east coast visiting friends in DC and Harrisonburg. She will beat us back to Seattle by about 10 days as she is flying home on August 18th.
So, we spent the first part of this week in Virginia and North Carolina, driving parts of the Skyline Drive and Blue Ridge Parkway. We stayed in Asheville and Nashville. Today we are driving to St. Louis to visit the Clancy family - Rob hasn't seen Denny in over 25 years!
Below are some photos from the last few days.
Skyline Drive - we got on east of Harrisonburg, VA
Blue Ridge Mountains
Blue Ridge Parkway - we got on just north of the VA/NC border
Blue Ridge Music Center - some great pickin'
More Blue Ridge Beauty
A Bed of Roses - our B&B in Asheville
A great little town full of art and good food!
Our hotel in Nashville
Union Station - a hotel located in the old train station - historic preservation
A totally worthwhile splurge for us!
The Station Inn
Look closely - that's John Haitt in the back!
We wandered into this music venue completely unaware that they were hosting a benefit evening featuring accomplished singer-songwriters and their talented kids. We listened to John & Lilly Haitt, Ranger Doug & James Green, Gail Davies & Chris Scruggs, Gary & Luke Nicholson along with special guest Delbert McClinton. We heard old standards, new works and some fantastic yodeling. A real treat.
3 comments:
The Blue Ridge Parkway is one of my favorite drives. I'm so glad that you got to experience some of it.
Congratulations on being grandparents in January. How lucky you are to have this little bundle of joy close by! Mine are in Helena and NYC, plane flights away.
Awesome sites and experiences you continue to have! Fun to read about them and see the pics! Dog
I miss driving the parkway! Looks like you had a great trip ... thanks for sharing all the great photos and memories!
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