Northeast or Bust; Day 3

It was a beautiful morning in Cumberland Falls Resort State Park; clear skies and low 60’s.  We started the morning with a very short drive to Cumberland Falls.DSCN7878

At 8:45 we were motoring east on Hwy 90 and it was 63 degrees.  We rode through Williamsburg, KY on our way to Hwy 92 eastbound and we stopped near Timsley, KY (I think) for gas at a gnarly rural gas station.  It had the nastiest most stinky men’s bathroom of any I’ve seen in my life.  Viewer beware when viewing the day’s pictures.

From Pineville we continued south and east on Hwy 25E, which included a long tunnel . . . . DSCN7888Somewhere in the transition from 25E to eastbound Hwy 58 we crossed very briefly into Tennessee and then into Virginia and we rode through the Cumberland Gap National Historic Park, a very scenic area.

The rest of our day was riding on 58 eastbound in southwest Virginia.  We had lunch at a roadside BBQ stand in Weber City.  The food was good but the portions were small.

Along Hwy 58 we saw kudzu (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kudzu_in_the_United_States) taking over the landscape in a number of locations.DSCN7895

Hwy 58 was a beautiful ride.  In Lee County (reminded Chris and I of Deb & Tim, who live in Lee County, IA) there was a scenic lookout on Powell Mountain that we stopped to enjoy.  I got a picture of Chris standing in the kudzu.IMG_0765Near this location, somewhere in Lee County, one of Daniel Boone’s sons was killed by Indians,  according to a historical sign along the highway.

From Damascus to Volney 58 was crazy with scenery, hills, curves and amazing motorcycle riding.  This part of 58 goes through the Mt. Rogers National Recreation Area, past Mt. Rogers and White Top Mountain.DSCN7913 (2)

We stopped for the day at the Grayson Inn & Suites in Independence, VA.  We rode for a lot of hours but only covered 254 miles due to the curvy, hilly, and slow highways.  The high temperature was 81.

Click on the following link for today’s pictures: https://goo.gl/photos/dE24yYBs94FmAN3G8

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