Drove up to the look out on the big hill in Roanoke this morning and had a look at the huge star built on top as well as the view over the city...                         Then hit the road and drove along US81 all the way to Washington DC.                                                    We stuck to the major road despite the traffic to save time and the views along the freeway were great. ...

This morning we were late to get away - I have had a problem with my debit card, with the hotel in Greenville taking out an extra amount - while I rang them to try and sort it out and unfortunately it is still not fixed.We went and sent some things home by post (mostly little presents etc) and then set out for the Smoky Mountains. We got somewhat lost and spent some time on very narrow twisting roads along the Blue Ridge Parkway before we got things right and hea...

It was decision time this morning as we had seen all we wanted to in Tennessee and although we still have the hire car until Sunday, it is supposed to be returned to Nashville which west and we want to head north. Our original plan was to hand the car back and fly to Washington but we missed out by one day on the really cheap airfares and are now looking at a fair sum to fly up there. So we went to the Hertz office at Knoxville airport and the very helpful lady t...

Well, we left Greenville behind today after a fantastic few days, and headed north towards the Smoky Mountains. We stopped at the BMW manufacturing plant near Spartanburg to see have a look at the Zentrum Centre (museum and display) and enquire about a plant tour. The tours for the morning were fully booked and the only available one was at 1pm - way too long for us to wait - but I pleaded with the receptionist and she put us on the next tour at 10am!!!The ninety...

SATURDAYHad a late breakfast and then went to watch the motorcycle drill teams perform at the local airport carpark. The riders put on a very clever display, but it was hard to see all the action as there were no stands. I took a wander out into the car park and got some photos of some of the more unusual sights.                                       We back to the Carolina First Center for another look and left Greg there to s...