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Old June 2nd, 2004, 12:13 AM
lyn
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Hello Everyone:
I'm planning a trip from Philadelphia, via Skyline Drive and Blue Ridge
Parkway, to Ashville, NC. Any suggestions to stopovers, inexpensive
places to say, don't need fancy, just sleep and then go...hike, walking,
crafts...and then I'll drive back!
Thanks, Lyn

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Old June 2nd, 2004, 01:03 AM
Roger B.
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"lyn" wrote...
Hello Everyone:
I'm planning a trip from Philadelphia, via Skyline Drive and Blue Ridge
Parkway, to Ashville, NC. Any suggestions to stopovers, inexpensive
places to say, don't need fancy, just sleep and then go...hike, walking,
crafts...and then I'll drive back!
Thanks, Lyn


Why not camp? That's what I did when I did this same trip over
the course of 7 days back in 1977. With a car, you can virtually
bring along all the accoutrements of home. With an AC power
adapter for the cigarette lighter, you can even run a TV or laptop
computer.

But if you insist on having 4-walls & a roof, how about some the
lodges that are a part of the Shenandoah & Parkway. They tend
to be rustic, but functional. The following sites have descriptions:
http://www.nationalparkreservations....ay_lodging.htm
http://www.americanparks.net/shenandoah_lodging.htm
[Roger]





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Old June 2nd, 2004, 07:29 AM
Susan Wachob
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Peaks of Otter Lodge is lovely for a night. Not sure of the price-
probably not too cheap but what I loved is that every room looks out
over the lake. Beautiful and serene-

Susan

Roger B. wrote:

"lyn" wrote...

Hello Everyone:
I'm planning a trip from Philadelphia, via Skyline Drive and Blue Ridge
Parkway, to Ashville, NC. Any suggestions to stopovers, inexpensive
places to say, don't need fancy, just sleep and then go...hike, walking,
crafts...and then I'll drive back!
Thanks, Lyn



Why not camp? That's what I did when I did this same trip over
the course of 7 days back in 1977. With a car, you can virtually
bring along all the accoutrements of home. With an AC power
adapter for the cigarette lighter, you can even run a TV or laptop
computer.

But if you insist on having 4-walls & a roof, how about some the
lodges that are a part of the Shenandoah & Parkway. They tend
to be rustic, but functional. The following sites have descriptions:
http://www.nationalparkreservations....ay_lodging.htm
http://www.americanparks.net/shenandoah_lodging.htm
[Roger]






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Old June 3rd, 2004, 02:42 AM
Dennis Lewis
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On Tue, 01 Jun 2004 23:13:21 GMT, lyn wrote:

I'm planning a trip from Philadelphia, via Skyline Drive and Blue Ridge
Parkway, to Ashville, NC. Any suggestions to stopovers, inexpensive
places to say, don't need fancy, just sleep and then go...hike, walking,
crafts...and then I'll drive back!


Glendale Springs is a small village on the Parkway in northwest NC.
Turn off the Parkway on NC 16, make the three-or-so-mile drive into
Glendale Springs, and there's a small motel adjacent to a popular
restaurant, The Gathering Place.

http://www.ncinformation.com/jeffers...mmodations.htm

Glendale Springs is also home to Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, a
rustic sanctuary with a prized fresco on the wall behind the altar.
(Sunday morning services are held at Holy Trinity every other month --
the congregation alternates between Holy Trinity at Glendale Springs
and St. Mary's in West Jefferson. St. Mary's also houses some prized
fresco paintings.)
http://glendalesprings.com/

There's also a small B&B in Glendale Springs, near the church:
http://glendalespringsinn.com/

Jefferson NC, which is about a 15-minute drive from Glendale Springs,
has a Best Western motel, an independently operated motel (the
Highlander Inn), and the Jefferson Landing, a golf course community
that has both townhomes and a hotel.
http://vacations.jeffersonlandingclu...mmodations.htm

West Jefferson is also about a 15-minute drive from Glendale Springs.
Nation's Inn, a traditional-style independently operated motel, is
near the intersection of NC 194 and US 221, on the road that goes to
St. Mary's Episcopal Church. (The entrance to the Nation's Inn parking
lot is opposite the entrance to the Ingle's supermarket parking lot.)
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Old June 3rd, 2004, 03:50 AM
lyn
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Thanks everyone, for the advice. For those of you who did the drive, how
long did you take to enjoy it fully? Were there side roads, or small
towns you spent time in to get a sense of the people and atmosphere?
Lyn

lyn wrote:

Hello Everyone:
I'm planning a trip from Philadelphia, via Skyline Drive and Blue
Ridge Parkway, to Ashville, NC. Any suggestions to stopovers,
inexpensive places to say, don't need fancy, just sleep and then
go...hike, walking, crafts...and then I'll drive back!
Thanks, Lyn


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Old June 3rd, 2004, 01:23 PM
Roger B.
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"lyn" wrote...
Hello Everyone:
I'm planning a trip from Philadelphia, via Skyline Drive and Blue Ridge
Parkway, to Ashville, NC. Any suggestions to stopovers, inexpensive
places to say, don't need fancy, just sleep and then go...hike, walking,
crafts...and then I'll drive back!


De ja vu, all over again. [R]


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Old June 15th, 2004, 02:16 AM
JD
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In most places you can get off the parkway to a larger town that will have
some reasonable chain hotels and restaurants. Need to plan it out but in
Virginia anyway there are a couple of nice small towns that are interesting
in themselves.
JD
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Hello Everyone:
I'm planning a trip from Philadelphia, via Skyline Drive and Blue Ridge
Parkway, to Ashville, NC. Any suggestions to stopovers, inexpensive
places to say, don't need fancy, just sleep and then go...hike, walking,
crafts...and then I'll drive back!
Thanks, Lyn



 




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