Blue Ridge Parkway. Rocky Knob Visitors Center. On our Blue Ridge Parkway outing, we stopped at the Rocky Knob Visitors Center. Located at milepost 169.0, it is open Friday-Monday from 10-4. There are bathrooms located here as well. If you are traveling this way, always be sure to check the U.S. National Park website [...]
Blue Ridge Parkway. The Blue Ridge Parkway runs 469 miles from Virginia to North Carolina, linking Shenandoah National Park to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Since I now live in Roanoke, Virginia, I thought that I should get out and explore more of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Mabry Mill. When the hubby and I [...]
Friday. Who else is excited that it's Friday?! I should be packing because Miss Sunshine and I are heading to Richmond for a soccer tournament....but I have a tendency to wait until the last minute when it comes to packing. Remember how in last Friday's post, I mentioned that I had a day of [...]
The Blue Ridge Parkway. I love to explore the Blue Ridge Parkway. When the hubby decided to take Friday off from work, I knew that we would definitely be having a day of exploration. We often use parts of the Parkway to get to various areas of the surrounding towns. It's a mellow, scenic drive. [...]
September 12, 1977. 2:41 p.m. Naples Community Hospital, Naples, Florida, USA. That would be the moment when I would make my grand entrance into this world. Today... I am 40. This age that felt so ancient in the days of my youth. This age that feels so young now that I am standing here. Hurricane [...]
Hatred exists. Sometimes I still just have the hardest time wrapping my mind around this fact. And yet, it's there. You'd think that as a human species who claims to have evolved we'd have learned that hatred solves nothing. nothing. Charlottesville. Charlottesville is just a tiny fragment in the whole of this hateful divisiveness being [...]
How's the view from atop the world? How's the view when everything is going your way? A smile on your face? A kind word on your lips? A light shining for all to see? How's the view when you're all alone? How's the view when life is caving in? Do you still radiate the light [...]
This Road We Travel Thanks so much for all the love on Monday's post. We're preparing for a storm here. They've released the schools 2 hours early to get home before the high winds start. I've secured the yard the best I can. As a Florida girl, I'm pretty good at preparing for high winds [...]
Explore Park. Roanoke, Virginia. This past Sunday, my husband and I visited Explore Park, located just off the Blue Ridge Parkway at milepost 115. The day was gray and overcast, with rain coming in the afternoon. I didn't expect to get too many shots as the light was not in my favor. I opted not [...]
Roanoke, Virginia fits the definition of Graceful. What do I mean by that? Well, I participate in a weekly photo challenge. And the theme this week happens to be "graceful". However, my archives don't contain photos of swans, ballerinas, or princesses. Those happen to be the things I think about when I hear the word graceful. As I [...]
