Denise and Rick Cunningham

Like many boomers we're planning the "next chapter". We live a fairly chaotic life in Georgetown in Washington DC. I'm a former fashion executive and journalist. Rick's an engineer and computer scientist. We're about ready for a little change of pace. Travel... perhaps moving to warmer climes ...and definitely savoring more moments. We never set out to buy an RV...matter of fact, we had never even been in one and I definitely don't camp. But, now, with more time and a growing aversion to the insults of air travel, we bought a 40' motor coach. Our grandson, Ian, named it Gigantor. We call it Tor for short.

We're seeing things you just can't from the air and finding that we've so much to discover on this continent. In the past two years, we've taken three marvelous six-week trips. This time, we're "chasing the sun for as long as it fun". We left on October 5, 2009. We'll see how long we last!

We're searching for great places to stay, sights worth seeing, golf courses worth playing, great restaurants, shopping, farmer's markets. We're on the road in search of the high road.


Sunday, October 21, 2007

Shenandoah National Forest

The morning is brillant again. Take a walk and discover an area that's been staged for a photo shoot depicting new RV sites being built on property. They looked great...fully landscaped and complete with outdoor kitchens and furnishings. We look forward to coming back and checking it out.


We're taking the long way home via Skyline Drive through the Shenandoah National Forest. We encountered long lines of the leaf peepers at the entrance gate, but it moved rather quickly and the park rangers were in great form walking up and down the line with pleasant chatter.


The leaves were still not at full peak because of the lack of rain and warm weather, but it was still a treat. We stop at an overlook and fortunately begin talking to some bikers who warn us about a tunnel about 70 miles into the park. We're way too tall. Fortunately there are numerous exit points and we'll pick one to get out before that encounter.
Try to find a nice place to stop and have a picnic....not many choices. Think a lot of the nicer places are further ahead than we are going.




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