Breaking the Journey: NYC to Roanoke?
Jun. 5th, 2011 08:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
In less than 2 weeks, we rent a car & drive down to Roanoke, Virginia, to take up Delia's post as summer writing instructor at Hollins U's Masters in Children's Lit. program (where I will be Writer-in-Residence). Wimps that we are (and notorious sluggards who are unlikely to hit the road before noon), we'd like to break the journey somewhere interesting or picturesque about halfway.
Gettysburg looks promising - but anyone have a better suggestion? My knowledge of the country is slim.* Looks like we'll be taking 81 most of the way down.
*So slim I was hoping we could stop in Asheville, NC - or maybe Morgantown, WV (where we lived for a year when I was 18). yes, that slim.
Gettysburg looks promising - but anyone have a better suggestion? My knowledge of the country is slim.* Looks like we'll be taking 81 most of the way down.
*So slim I was hoping we could stop in Asheville, NC - or maybe Morgantown, WV (where we lived for a year when I was 18). yes, that slim.
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Date: 2011-06-06 01:04 pm (UTC)As a 12-year North Carolinian, I can say Asheville is definitely worth the trip. It's ... far from Roanoke, though. Charlottesville would give a similar vibe, and you could visit Mr Jefferson's University (and his home).