First thing this morning we drove to the Booker T. Washington National Park. The site of where he was born and freed is lovely, but the information there is disappointing. The outdoor site is very nice, and shows a little bit of how they lived and farmed there. The visitor's center tells a little bit about the man, but not much about what he did or said. He did so much more than they show there.
We decided to see more of the area today and we drove to the Blue Ridge Parkway again, traveling westward back towards Rocky Knob. It was raining all morning until about 1:30 in the afternoon. It was still lovely and the closer we got to West Virginia the more Red Bud trees we saw. We should have taken a picture of those. We stopped in Blacksburg for lunch and ended up at 5 Guys Burgers and Fries. Tonight we eat salad and other vegetables. It was good, though, and we two older people had fun with the soda machine that lets you mix flavors. Now we are stopped in Wytheville, Virginia in the Blue Ridge Mountains for the night.
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