Keyrock Posted October 21, 2016 Posted October 21, 2016 Today I leave and go on a trip up the Blue Ridge Parkway and the Skyline Drive. This will be the first road trip for my trusty new steed. I'll be posting lots of pictures here from my 2 day trek up one of America's most scenic roads. 7 RFK Jr 2024 "Any organization created out of fear must create fear to survive." - Bill Hicks
kirottu Posted October 21, 2016 Posted October 21, 2016 1. Put on a costume. 2. Put up a patreon "Watch me drive America's most scenic roads in a silly costume". 3. ???? 4. Profit. This post is not to be enjoyed, discussed, or referenced on company time.
the_dog_days Posted October 21, 2016 Posted October 21, 2016 1. Put on a costume. 2. Put up a patreon "Watch me drive America's most scenic roads in a silly costume". 3. ???? 4. Profit. 3. Become a cam girl.
Meshugger Posted October 21, 2016 Posted October 21, 2016 Today I leave and go on a trip up the Blue Ridge Parkway and the Skyline Drive. This will be the first road trip for my trusty new steed. I'll be posting lots of pictures here from my 2 day trek up one of America's most scenic roads. Blue Ridge Parkway and the Shanendoah area has to be one of the most beautiful places in the world. You're in for a treat. Make sure to take a walk along the Appalachian Trail for a while if you have the chance. 1 "Some men see things as they are and say why?""I dream things that never were and say why not?"- George Bernard Shaw"Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man."- Friedrich Nietzsche "The amount of energy necessary to refute bull**** is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it." - Some guy
Hurlshort Posted October 21, 2016 Posted October 21, 2016 Not quite an RV, but still a pretty sweet ride. Looking forward to the updates!
Deadly_Nightshade Posted October 21, 2016 Posted October 21, 2016 That's right near where I live, Charlottesville, and I try to go walking there semi regularly. I'd take Hurlshot up in his advice. "Geez. It's like we lost some sort of bet and ended up saddled with a bunch of terrible new posters on this forum." -Hurlshot
HoonDing Posted October 21, 2016 Posted October 21, 2016 "Blue Ridge Parkway and the Skyline Drive" is that from Deliverance The ending of the words is ALMSIVI.
Keyrock Posted October 22, 2016 Author Posted October 22, 2016 Entering the parkway, complete with straw hat and Hawaiian shirt, naturally. It rained lightly on and off all day today. The silver lining to that is getting to see some sweet rainbows. 13 RFK Jr 2024 "Any organization created out of fear must create fear to survive." - Bill Hicks
Keyrock Posted October 22, 2016 Author Posted October 22, 2016 Are you travelling with Tom Selleck? I wish. 8 RFK Jr 2024 "Any organization created out of fear must create fear to survive." - Bill Hicks
kirottu Posted October 22, 2016 Posted October 22, 2016 I approve your costume. This post is not to be enjoyed, discussed, or referenced on company time.
IndiraLightfoot Posted October 22, 2016 Posted October 22, 2016 Fantastic vistas, Keyrock! Thank you for sharing! I wish I had that kind of car. I'm just an eco-friendly VW biogas type, station wagon and family and pet friendly. And I dig your looks. Definitely getting Magnum vibes. 3 *** "The words of someone who feels ever more the ent among saplings when playing CRPGs" ***
Azdeus Posted October 22, 2016 Posted October 22, 2016 Some awesome vistas there, quite envious! Civilization, in fact, grows more and more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. - H.L. Mencken
Keyrock Posted October 23, 2016 Author Posted October 23, 2016 Unfortunately, I highly underestimated how long it would take me to traverse the Blue Ridge, largely due to the sheer overwhelming amount of amazing vistas to stop at. Plus, a flat tire further set me back. Hence, I wound up coming up well short of reaching Shenandoah. Tomorrow I drive back home via interstate. Still, it was a great trip and I got a ton more pictures to share. I'll drive up to Shenandoah another time and I'll do the entire Blue Ridge and Skyline Drive trek around this time next year when I can set aside a good 5 or 6 days so that I can take my time and easily make the whole trip. In addition to being breathtakingly beautiful (the pictures don't do it justice), the Blue Ridge is also a super fun road to drive, especially if you own a vehicle with sporty handling. 6 RFK Jr 2024 "Any organization created out of fear must create fear to survive." - Bill Hicks
Keyrock Posted October 23, 2016 Author Posted October 23, 2016 6 RFK Jr 2024 "Any organization created out of fear must create fear to survive." - Bill Hicks
IndiraLightfoot Posted October 23, 2016 Posted October 23, 2016 Wonderful pictures from a pristine landscape with undulating forests! Fantastic stuff!! For some reason, it makes me think of the first European settlers arriving to America. They must have been awestruck by it all - the varieties of terrain, huge expanses of it, seemingly up for grabs (This assumption fuelled by them usually regarding native Americans as savages, almost a mere part of the wild fauna, either infantile/peaceful or territorial/ferocious). Heck, even large parts of Europe looked like this around the time of Christ. Nowadays, there are entire countries in Europe that never gets to experience nature like this - think of the crowded Netherlands, for instance. 1 *** "The words of someone who feels ever more the ent among saplings when playing CRPGs" ***
Keyrock Posted October 23, 2016 Author Posted October 23, 2016 There are large parts of the US that have been quite deforested, luckily we still have some havens of nearly untouched nature scattered about the country. 5 RFK Jr 2024 "Any organization created out of fear must create fear to survive." - Bill Hicks
redneckdevil Posted October 24, 2016 Posted October 24, 2016 Keyrock, ur making me home sick lol. Very beautiful mountains, I miss them 1
Keyrock Posted October 24, 2016 Author Posted October 24, 2016 (edited) Keyrock, ur making me home sick lol. Very beautiful mountains, I miss them Where are you currently, if you don't mind me asking? Edited October 25, 2016 by Keyrock 3 RFK Jr 2024 "Any organization created out of fear must create fear to survive." - Bill Hicks
redneckdevil Posted October 25, 2016 Posted October 25, 2016 Very beautiful pictures. I'm about 4-5ish hours away near Winston Salem. lol I'm not that far, just don't have the gas money to just go drive
Keyrock Posted October 26, 2016 Author Posted October 26, 2016 (edited) Very beautiful pictures. I'm about 4-5ish hours away near Winston Salem. lol I'm not that far, just don't have the gas money to just go drive You're not that much further from the mountains than I am. I live in The Queen City. I saved my 2 favorite pictures I took for last. The godrays streaming through the cloud cover looked even more amazing in person. I can imagine European colonists seeing something like that and having a Manifest Destiny moment: God is clearly telling me it's my right to rape the natives and take their land by force. Edited October 26, 2016 by Keyrock 6 RFK Jr 2024 "Any organization created out of fear must create fear to survive." - Bill Hicks
ShadySands Posted October 26, 2016 Posted October 26, 2016 I don't think I've ever missed living in NC until now Great pics 1 Free games updated 3/4/21
Keyrock Posted October 26, 2016 Author Posted October 26, 2016 I don't think I've ever missed living in NC until now Great pics While I have yet to visit Colorado, I imagine you have some lovely vistas out there too. RFK Jr 2024 "Any organization created out of fear must create fear to survive." - Bill Hicks
Nonek Posted October 26, 2016 Posted October 26, 2016 Autumn has always been my favourite season, that last burst of colour before the coming of the dark, go not quietly into that goodnight as Thomas would say. 4 Quite an experience to live in misery isn't it? That's what it is to be married with children.I've seen things you people can't even imagine. Pearly Kings glittering on the Elephant and Castle, Morris Men dancing 'til the last light of midsummer. I watched Druid fires burning in the ruins of Stonehenge, and Yorkshiremen gurning for prizes. All these things will be lost in time, like alopecia on a skinhead. Time for tiffin. Tea for the teapot!
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