2024: Smith Mountain Lake, VA
Everyone arrived Thursday evening. Some in time for supper, others a bit later. Friday morning bike ride in Roanoke. About 10 miles. Friday lunch at the Green Goat restaurant Friday afternoon time at the house, time in pool/hot tub and games/relaxing time. Friday supper – Jo and Clay taco salad Saturday morning – Cinnamon rolls,…
2023: Cumberland, MD
We arrived Thursday evening at various times after work and school was over. Spent Thursday evening eating supper, (soup and bread prepared by Mom and Dad), catching up, and divvying out rooms. Friday was Mom’s birthday. Pancake breakfast followed by games and other indoor activities due to light rain and overcast weather. Several checked out…
2022: Covington, VA
big facility /former inn, located right beside a golf course. Great house for our size group, beautiful location. easy trail access just about a half mile down a non-trafficked road.
2021: Cass, WV
Highlights included staying in old railroad houses. Lots of ladybugs. Outdoor eating and games. Ride on the old train.
2019: Farmville, VA
We stayed at Beaver Lodge at Twin Lakes State Park just southeast of Farmville. Our bike ride was the High Bridge Trail which took us all the way into Farmville. We had a nice hike through the woods section of the park the next day. For the last evening meal of the weekend we ate…
2017: Floyd, VA
We found another very nice and spacious cabin at Willis, VA called Creekside Cabin. We briefly attended the bluegrass jam session at the Floyd General Store, a Friday night occurrence that brings fans from many miles away. The bike trail was the New River Trail for which we had to travel several miles to get…
2016: Surry, VA
We stayed at a large house called Eastover Plantation on the James River which bordered right on the river although on a very tall and steep bank. We took a vehicle ferry across the James River to land at Jamestown settlement on the other side. We then rode our bikes on the Capital Trail (all…
2015: Forest/Lynchburg, VA
We stayed at another very large, spacious home on a hillside overlooking a large pond south of Forest, a suburb of Lynchburg, as nice as any we’ve stayed at. We went back to Lynchburg to ride the James River Trail which wasn’t all that long so we added to that several short urban trails within…
2014: Berkeley Springs, WV
Lodging was a very nice 5 bedroom house, each with it’s own bathroom, one of the nicest places we have ever stayed in, at the Coolfont Mountainside Development just outside of Berkeley Springs. We attempted to ride bikes on the Western Maryland RR Trail at Hancock, MD, just across the Potomac River, but rain ruined…
2013: Abingdon, VA
We stayed at the Trails End 2-house rental just across the road from the end/beginning of the 35 mile trail known as the Virginia Creeper Trail. The trip down in the pickup with Sharon, Eliza and me featured an incident on I-81 where I was cut off by another vehicle and I uttered “you jerk”…
2012: Snowshoe, WV
We stayed at Mac’s Shack and had to go back across the mountain to ride the Greenbriar Trail starting at Cass, WV. The main night out was at the resort restaurant at the top of the mountain where we saw portions of a JMU/WVU football game where the crowd clearly sided with the “home” team. …
2011: Deep Creek Lake, MD
We stayed at the Big Bear Lodge right on the lake where Tim and Justin Michael took a dip in the cold waters. We rode the GAP (Great Alleghany Passage) trail from Frostburg to a long tunnel just inside the PA state line. We ate twice at the Mountain Brewing Co. nearby. We celebrated Eliza’s…
2010: Elkins, WV
We stayed in 2 cottages side by side on the North Fork of the Cheat River, east of Elkins, WV known as Rivers Edge and Siddelbloom. We rode the Allegheny Highlands Trail. The big meal out was out into coal mining region of central WV to s small hamlet called Helvetia (the Latin name for…