Today could be summarised with one word - rain!
First stop for the day was yet another Walmart - at lunchtime our plan was to be on the Blueridge Parkway, and there's nowhere suitable to stop for lunch. So, the idea was to buy food at Walmart and have a picnic lunch.
Of course, it was obvious by the time we left Asheville that we weren't going to have a picnic - it rained and rained and rained some more.
However, we stopped at a spot where the bus could park and where there were 'restrooms' and we ate our lunch on the bus. Then we went for a short walk to take pictures of yet another grist mill in the rain :-)
We then continued along the Blueridge Parkway, which was not at all a comforting drive. Paul and I had the "front of bus" seat today but for much of this part of the drive, the visibility was down to metres because of the fog and rain. In the end, I went to sleep - I didn't sleep well last night and there was nothing to see out of the bus window!
By the time we got to Natural Bridge, it had finally stopped raining - mostly. We walked down to see the Natural Bridge and it is a seriously impressive sight.
We also had a look at some of the other sights in the same area - most interesting was an archaeological dig and reconstruction of a native american site.
Tonight we're staying at the hotel at Natural Bridge. Because it's in a national park, there aren't any shops in the area, so we had to either eat at the hotel or prepurchase stuff from Walmart. We went for the hotel dinner - although breakfast tomorrow is some bagels from Walmart!). Dinner was quite nice - Paul had a New York Strip Steak and I had a Chicken Hot Pot. I also had a cocktail - can't remember what it was called but it was basically scotch and apple cider. Very nice - and I got two for the price of one, so I've got a nice buzz going now :-)
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