The famed walking track, the Appalachian Trail follows this road. Dom and I had both read Bill Bryson's 'A Walk in the Woods' and wanted to see the trail ourselves.
Whilst the leaves were beginning to change they weren't in their full Fall splendour yet.
It was a very scenic drive, with lookouts on both sides of the road - unusual, and only achievable as the road is right at the top.
We walked a short way along the trail, just for a look. It would be great to come back and do a longer hike along the range. Something for the 'Next Visit' list. No bear or deer sightings, sadly.
There were quite a few cyclists taking the 4000 feet of elevation in their stride, as well as the traffic.
At half way, and a couple of hours at 35 miles an hour, we'd seen enough of the beautiful scenery and headed down the range to the highway.
We'd booked accommodation at a B&B (I know - not a Suzy thing to do!) near Raphine, Virginia.
At Steeles Tavern Manor, Ray and Melissa, our hosts, met us and gave a tour of the beautiful property. It's a large manor house, built in 1916. Our room had a king bed, spa bath and a fire place.
We strolled around the scenic grounds and then enjoyed happy hour chatting to Ray over local craft beers.
The only downside was that there were no restaurants near by. It was a 25 minute drive in either direction. We settled for some takeaway barbecue, and a picnic in our room with wine we'd brought from Washington.
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