We left Tennessee on Saturday morning, snapping one last picture of our cabin in the mountains as we left:
Onward to Virginia! Our goal was Roanoke to have a dinner visit with cousin Danny and his wife Heavenor. After a yummy dinner at the Mellow Mushroom, they took us up to see the star, Roanoke's most famous landmark:
We spent the night in Roanoke and then started wending our way slowly back to Charlottesville. Our first stop was the Blue Ridge Parkway visitor's center outside of Roanoke, where passport stamps were acquired, along with more advice from rangers. The staff shared the best section of the parkway to drive and also suggested a cool hanging bridge in Buchanon, VA, just off the parkway:
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| The sign said only three people could be on the bridge at a time |
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| It swayed as we walked over it |
From here, out next stop was Natural Bridge, a Virginia state park:
After hiking the whole length of the Natural Bridge trail to Lace Falls and back, we headed to the Virginia Safari Park:
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| Caught in the act of bucket nabbing |
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| I love this sequence of photos |
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| Feeding the goats was Benji and Patrick's favorite |
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| Actually, feeding the budgies was their FAVORITE favorite |
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| baby Giraffe! |
We finished at the safari park late, but decided to limp the last little bit home to Cville before supper and bed. It turned out to be rainy on Monday, so we had a quiet day at home before one last blast at Shenandoah.
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