Blue Ridge Parkway and Shenondoah National Park

My trip is entering into the last part – I am driving towards Chicago, while not directly yeat.

On Sunday, when being in South Caroline, I met with Rick in Charleston. It was nice to see him after a ery long break, so we discussed for a while. Afterwards I drove north and stayed for night in North Carolina.

 

My "souvenier" from Yellowstone got a whole and is not travelling any longer with me

Yesterday I drove a special road for USA citizens – Blue Ridge Parkway. It is a fantastic drive over the Blue Ridge Mountines and one can see a lot of views on both sides. It i salso a scenic drive with limited speed – despite I drove the whole day without being bored…

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The most frequent sign along the road

 

 

 

 

Today was this to the right, tomorrow will be the one to the left

On the north end of Bue Ridge Parkway was the target of my todays drive – Shenandoah National Park. It is one of few parks on eastern side (and 1 of 2 that are in Blue Ridge Mountains) and drive thru i san amazing experience.

 

Today till lunch this is how I looked - driving in the rain...

 

 

 

Next cloud on my way ;-)

 

 

 

 

My trip is currently going morth northe then my original plan – and the reason for this is weather. Between myself and Chicago is a hot and cold front meeting point and this leads to serious rain, thunerstorms and flooding. Due to this I decide to detour towards north and cut the wether front – and I believe I managed to achieve this today. I spend driving in rain for 4 hours – according to eather forecast tomorrow will be similar, while later no more rain on my way.

Yesterday and today my body ha dan extra test – temperatur. First time from beginning of my trip temperatur did not get over 86 F (30C). Yesterday this made me happy – however today temperatur was below 68 F (20C) till lunch time and my body reacted with a cold. Over 5 weeks with temperatur each day reaching over 90 F (32 C) that i stoo much even for me J

 

Kilometers:

Sunday, August 11th: 357 miles / 574 km, from start 11 401 miles /  18 344 km

Monday, August 12th: 345 miles /  555 km, from start 11 746 miles / 18 899 km

Tuesday, ugust 13th: 269 miles /  433 km, from start 12 015 miles /  19 332 km