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Sun Feb 12, 2017 8:58 am

I took the Weekender to West Virginia to pick up my uncle & made an adventure out of it.

Pedestrian bridge in Durham NC

Great setting moon shot

And sunrise

The EV with old glory

Pilot Mountain

Sun Feb 12, 2017 9:21 am

Sweet ride and nice pics. If you've got a van like that, you've got to enjoy it at every turn!

Sun Feb 12, 2017 6:46 pm

The next stop (with VW content) was at the New River Gorge bridge. After driving across it, I turned onto the access road that winds down under it, across the river & back up the other side.

Sun Feb 12, 2017 7:46 pm

Thanks Scottn59c, I've had the Westy for a couple of years now & could never get the family to go camping in it, so I did without them.
So here it is on the street in front of the uncles place.

So I parked a few feet from the river & camped for the evening.

And woke up the next morning to the call of geese that floated by.

Sun Feb 12, 2017 7:49 pm

Then went exploring.

& found one covered bridge.

And another.

Along with a train station turned museum

And another covered bridge.

The property owner obviously had a twisted sense of humor.

Sun Feb 12, 2017 7:52 pm

Thanks for the photos. That is what it is all about.

Sun Feb 12, 2017 8:17 pm

Anytime, I wasn't sure how much was too much, I took hundreds more, but lots would get deleted due to lack of VW content.
I also took a different route on the return trip so I could experience even more.
Here's something just north of Roanoke on 220, just outside of a little town called Iron (something (I forgot the other part)).

After getting into Roanoke, the GPS directed me down 81, until I saw an entrance to the Blue Ridge Parkway (exit, stage left!)

Sun Feb 12, 2017 8:22 pm

Iron Gate!!!

Thanks for sharing your trip - photos look awesome.

Sun Feb 12, 2017 8:35 pm

jacobrybrown wrote: Iron Gate!!!

Thanks for sharing your trip - photos look awesome.
Cool! thanks for that.
Here's some of the pics from the Blue Ridge Parkway

Unfortunately, after these pics, the van started having fueling issues that were ultimately resolved by removing the cover on the fuel pump relay & zip tying it closed, but had to hot foot it back, but I do wish I had video of the switchbacks I had to take the van down to get back to the main roads.

Sadly, I didn't encounter another VW camper, van, or air cooled, on the road, the entire trip.