Roanoke and Abingdon
From Peaks of Otter, we set off down the Blue Ridge Parkway again to Roanoke. It took all morning to do about 30 miles because we stopped so often –… Read more Roanoke and Abingdon →
Peaks of Otter
The Blue Ridge Parkway proved as beautiful, if not more so, than the Skyline Drive and we stopped several times to get out and stretch our legs. The most pleasant… Read more Peaks of Otter →
The bears of Shenandoah
Our first holiday to Virginia / West Virginia was in 2008. At that time, we said we could easily come back and travel a completely different route which is exactly… Read more The bears of Shenandoah →
Harpers Ferry – almost heaven
Almost heaven, West Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains Shenandoah River Yes, this is the area of which John Denver sang – the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia, where the Potomac meets… Read more Harpers Ferry – almost heaven →
Y is for Yorktown
Yorktown is the final point in Virginia’s Historic Triangle. (See also J is for Jamestown and W is for Williamsburg.) Although the 13 American colonies had declared their independence in 1776,… Read more Y is for Yorktown →
W is for Williamsburg
Williamsburg is part of Virginia’s Historic Triangle which encompasses the whole of America’s colonial history – see also J is for Jamestown and Y is for Yorktown. Colonial Williamsburg, its Historic Area, has been… Read more W is for Williamsburg →
U is for Utah
When we visited Arizona in 2009, we crossed into Utah one day. Monument Valley straddles the state line and after thoroughly exploring it – we went round the 17 mile… Read more U is for Utah →
P is for Page and Lake Powell
We visited Page after we’d been to the Grand Canyon in 2009. Between 1960 and 1963, the Glen Canyon Dam in Arizona was constructed, resulting in the creation of Lake… Read more P is for Page and Lake Powell →
N is for New York
New York – what a fabulous city! We’ve twice spent a week there, in March 2001 and March 2008, but what a difference 7 years makes. The Twin Towers of… Read more N is for New York →
J is for Jamestown
Jamestown is part of Virginia’s Historic Triangle – see also W is for Williamsburg and Y is for Yorktown. It’s the site of the first permanent English settlement in the New World (1607)… Read more J is for Jamestown →
A is for Alaska
Alaska is beautiful and amazing. We visited over a decade ago and made the mistake of thinking that by travelling as part of an “Adventure Tour” we would go further off the… Read more A is for Alaska →
Going home* from New England
After the disappointing weather in Acadia, it was great to finish on a high with a gloriously sunny day in Portland followed by similar weather for our journey back to… Read more Going home* from New England →
The Glasgow Gallivanter 