Mothers' Day! Today, we travelled through the Blue Ridge Mountain Parkway on to Fancy Gap, Virginia. There are no pictures or words that can really describe the beauty of this area. It was very slow going for us in our little camper and we only saw one other small camper. I can't imagine driving on the BRMP in a large camper. Scary!
We saw two large pull outs which were actually huge mowed fields filled with at 50-100 or more people all with blankets, picnic baskets, balls, and volleyball nets. They were having a blast. Cars were parked all over and anywhere. Nowhere for us to park though so on we went. Sure was a neat place to picnic though.
Our campground in Fancy Gap, VA is gorgeous. It is just off the Blue Ridge Mountain Parkway and  so quiet! The dogs have their own fenced in doggy yard right at our campground. It is only for their use believe it or not. The dogs were not impressed. They preferred to go for a walk and take their business elsewhere. They have already had their pictures taken twice in the short while we have been here and now they think they are all that!

The next day we went back out along the Blue Ridge Parkway. It was so pretty everywhere. We drove for two hours to take the dogs to a certain winery (of course it was for the dogs lol), only to find it was closed for the next two days. Headed back to camp and took a long walk around the grounds. Had several people stop by to talk about the Airstream and the dogs. It's so funny, it's as if we are not even there with all the attention the three of them get! I have changed the name of the Airstream again. I think this one will really stick. It's The Ritz!!

On Tuesday, we went back out on the Blue Ridge Mountain Parkway again. We wanted to go to the Blue Ridge Mountain Folk Music place, but again...it was closed for Tuesday and Wednesday. Not having such good luck. We decided to hit a hike instead. We hiked up the hill and around and back down for 2.5 miles. It was really hot higher up because the trees were so many and close together. Arlo never slowed down. He went probably 10 miles to our 2.5. Annie just plodded along. She seems to be showing her age more than Arlo even though they are both the exact same age.
Found a nice little restaurant called Chase and Charley's that had a really pretty deck over looking a small river and forest. Smoking IS allowed here unfortunately, and so we had to smell a cigar for a bit while we ate. Started raining on the way back to the campsite which was fine as we were leaving in the morning.
When we were at our last campground, we kept finding little painted rocks all around the area. Found one at our site with a dog paw on it and put it on one of the kids' chairs of the family camping next to us. Well, I found another at this camp site and found out that you are supposed to take a picture of it and put it on Facebook on the RVers Rocks site. So I did and have had several responses to my post including a lady who found it where I left it. You are supposed to take it with you and leave it there for somebody else to find. Next time, I will do that. Haven't seen any since though but people find some really neat ones that they post.