Canyonland and Back Tour: A Dukes of Hazard Day

Live Report from our roving reporter Parker Duofold:

Today was going to be a high mileage run from Roanoke, VA to Gettysburg, PA. We left out hotel at the usual 8:30 AM and moved into the usual rush hour traffic. We got on route 11 north and that turned out to be a great road. Around 10:30 AM we stopped for a gas fill up and a break. We stopped at a Pilot gas station / truck stop. The store sold just about everything the road warrior would want. The rest rooms were clean.

After leaving the truck stop we turned onto route 340 and continued on into the Shenandoah valley. The sun was just starting to peek out from between the clouds. The scenery was great with beautiful homes, farms, foliage and the mountains all around us. We cruised route 340 for some time when we came upon the Dukes of Hazard museum, snack bar and gift shop. We just had to stop! We got a light lunch first - hot dogs all around. The museum was in the process of preparing for a car show and concert this coming weekend. There were a couple of General Lee cars, the original Cadillac owned by Boss Hogg, a wrecker, Daily Duke's jeep (and her shorts) and police car. It was a fun stop.

After that piece of Roadside America that you won't see from the interstate it was back to driving northeast. The roads were generally very good and the stop lights very annoying. We crossed both the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers in Harper's Ferry, WV. We got to our hotel in Gettysburg about 5:30 PM after negotiating local road construction, ambulances and car crashes. 269 miles today.

On to Poughkeepsie, NY tomorrow and the crossing of the mighty Hudson River.

Doug report: Jack and I left today to pick up my Model A in Memphis. We should be there Saturday afternoon.