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- From: ranck@joesbar.cc.vt.edu (Wm. L. Ranck)
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- Subject: Re: Blue Ridge Parkway
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- Date: 21 Jan 93 19:45:48 GMT
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- Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher (egreen@East.Sun.COM) wrote:
- <parts deleted for brevity>
- : continues on a NNE route, a few miles west of I-81. According to my
- : map, it seems to change names at Waynesboro, Virginia (west of
- : Charlottesville), and becomes Skyline Drive. It ends just south of
- : Winchester, Virginia.
- :
- Not only does the name change, but the Northern most part (Skyline
- Drive) is a toll road. If you are driving North on the Parkway either
- get off at I-64 near Waynesboro or be ready to pay toll.
-
- : The route is absolutely beautiful. The road is well maintained, and
- : travels almost exclusively through National Forests or National Parks.
- : The Appalachian Mountains experience four distinct seasons, and offer
- : something different all times of the year. For a motorcycle trip, I
- : wouldn't recommend winter. Late summer is probably the busiest season,
- : with the most traffic.
- :
- All true, plus you should be aware that in winter some sections are
- closed when it snows. Even if there is no visible snow in the valley
- where I-81 runs there may be snow on the Parkway.
-
- : Try to avoid weekends, particularly in or near the National Parks.
- : Speed limit is too low, and is rigidly enforced. The cops that patrol
- : it are complete idiots (on a group ride last summer, a cop saw 2 bikes
- : going the other way, pulled across both lanes and made a 3-point turn
- : IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD to turn around and go after them. the bikers
- : following nearly T-boned him).
- :
- He was just trying to keep our emregency braking skills sharp. :-)
- Right Cliff?
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- * Bill Ranck ranck@joesbar.cc.vt.edu *
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