Falling Springs Waterfall

Falling Springs Waterfall 

Here we are, exploring the southern region of the Allegheny Mountains.

Driving north on Route 220, just past Covington, Virginia, we were delighted to find this beautiful waterfall just off the road, waiting for us to visit.

The water from the falls flows into the Jackson River. Thomas Jefferson in his book, Notes on Virginia, described the Falling Spring Falls as a "remarkable cascade...falling over a rock about 200 feet to the valley below."

We are west of the Blue Ridge Parkway at the southern tip of the Shenandoah Valley.

Foglesong Valley, Virginia

"Nature is always hinting at us. It hints over and over again. And suddenly we take the hint." ~ Robert Frost
We rode Hwy 42 along the North Fork Holston River. Beautiful road, stunning vista of Foglesong Valley, looking toward Griffith Knob, Virginia.

Burke's Garden, Virginia

State Route 623, just off Blue Grass Trail 42. Gigantic trees stand, streams meander, and the forest is abloom with fragrant rose-bay rhododendron. No one here for miles and miles...

Here we are near Tazwell, Virginia in Burke's Garden, sometimes referred to as "God's Thumbprint" because of its view from the air. At just over 3000 feet, the bowl-shaped Burke's Garden is the highest valley in Virginia and the story goes that it was George Vanderbilt’s first choice for his mountain retreat before Biltmore Estate.

Breaks Interstate Park, Virginia

Up in the mountains of Virginia, here we are at the Pinnacle View of Kentucky's stateline from the Breaks Interstate Park, called "the Grand Canyon of the South."

That Is Life

Bristol, Virginia

"You must understand the whole of life, not just one little part of it. That is why you must read, that is why you must look at the skies, that is why you must sing and dance, and write poems and suffer and understand, for that is life."
~ Jiddu Krishnamurti

John Douglas Wayside, VA

Riding north from Bristol, Virginia, here we are at John Douglas Wayside, just alongside Highway 19/Alt-58, between Lebanon and Abingdon, VA.

Walmart Sunset, Bristol, Virginia

We took an impromptu ride north to Bristol, Virginia. Beautiful ride, great area. We stopped at Walmart and met this beautiful sunset.