16th to 19th Oct....Flying South With The Snowbirds.....

16th October ....we had some overnight rain but dry as we set off on our 176 mile drive south west from Lake George to Harpursville and although it is mostly interstate driving it's still a very beautiful journey...very rural countryside and small communities and towns...

The fall colours are still amazing but the leaves are starting to fall so our song for now is Nat King Cole and Autumn Leaves....

This and next pic are taken from a rest area and for us a lunch break on the I-88....
Most of the parking area is taken up with the motor coaches of the French Canadian Snowbirds heading for Florida...

View from our home on wheels at Belden Hill Campground, Harpursville, New York.....

Beautiful evening rainbow.....it will be below freezing temps tonight....

Sunday 18th October and oh my a winter wonderland this morning......

Only a small amount of snow but these snowbirds will now be flying south !!!!!

We hear that it is the earliest ski season in New England for 20 years !!!

Todays 300 mile drive south is all on the I-81 and takes us back through Pennsylvania, 11 miles of Maryland and into West Virginia for our overnight stop at Falling Waters...

We did have a few snow flurries then sleet and rain showers on route....I couldn't quite capture it but there were some amazing cloud "formations"

The famous Mason-Dixon Line as we enter into Maryland, sadly no welcome to Maryland sign, I guess they feel it's not worth it for 11 miles, but as you can see we do have roadworks....

By the time we reach West Virginia it's mainly blue skies and a balmy 50F !! Break out the shorts again !!!

Monday 19th October and back on the road for another 300 mile drive south on the I-81 to Virginia and our home for the next 3 nights at Fort Chiswell RV Park...

Again, although all interstate driving today it's an easy and very pretty drive with
lots of rest areas and excellent road surfaces.....
We are here for a couple of days and plan to revisit a section of The Blue Ridge Parkway, a favourite drive from our Big Road Trip of 2010.....
For now it's time for a pre dinner glass of wine ..
The Happy Campers....