Blueberry Travels

The Blueberry and my travel buddy, Shannon.

So, instead of being responsible and getting a job, I've been on a road-trip.  Here's a brief recap.

I had a layover in Denver, so I extended it to a 5 day layover to visit friends.

Then, I had my flight to Oklahoma City to stay with Donald in Edmond.  While there, he took me up with him for a flying lesson, we visited the Wichita Mountains, went mountain biking, and cooked many amazing meals.  Shannon picked me up the next week in her car, The Blueberry.

I joined Shannon in the Blueberry when she picked me up at Donald's.  From there, we stayed two nights at Lake Tenkiller State Park, one night in the Ozark National Forest at Lake Weddington, then we visited the Walmart Museum/first store before staying in Fayetteville for two nights.  After Fayetteville, we had an overnight backpacking hike on the Ozark Highlands Trail.

After a very late exit from the Ozarks, we drove overnight to Nashville to visit with Chris, Tori, and Abby (Chorby).  We stayed with them for a week.  Over the weekend, Shannon and Tori (Shori) went to Atlanta for the Southern Living Fair and Chris and I hung out in Nashville.  Following our stay in Nashville, we had a quick stop to walk around the University of Tennessee's campus, then stayed with a friend of Shannon's in Johnson City (I kept signing Wagon Wheel), before starting the Blue Ridge Highway at Grandfather Mountain State Park.

We entered the Blue Ridge Highway in North Carolina at Grandfather Mountain (mile marker 300) where we hiked and spent the night.  We then drove north the rest of the length of the highway, spending another night camping at Rocky Knob.  The Blue Ridge was incredible!  It didn't hurt that we were there when the trees were in full color, but after the major rush of visitors.

From the Blue Ridge, we proceeded to my old site-mate, Aaron's house outside of DC.  We spent Halloween in DC and I spent the whole next day exploring the capital.

After DC, I drove to New Jersey and stayed with Erol and his parents.

Rode a bus into NYC, then used the subway while I was there staying there a week in Brooklyn.  At the end of the week, I went back to Erol's where Shannon picked me back up.

We stayed with a friend of Shannon's in Phili where we saw Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell, then stayed with my Aunt in Williamsburg (with a very brief visit to Jamestown and a ride on the Jamestown ferry).  From there, we proceeded to Wake Forest to have a late lunch with a friend and then camped outside of town.  Finally, we drove down to Savannah and stayed with Matt and Amber, where I finally got to meet their newest daughter, Penny.

Finally, after all that time on the road, we returned to the Sunshine State for a couple of Gator games.