Monday 8th Sept - Richmond to the Peaks of Otter

What was this, rain, in the US of A? We had been expecting wall to wall sunshine and temps in the high 80's! We set off after checking out a Barnes and Noble and buying a map for our travels. So far we had relied on the iPhone and a borrowed GPS which had limitations in viewing the overall picture. It rained on and off throughout the morning as we travelled west, only stopping as we enjoyed our first of many Crackerbarrel lunches. However there was still low cloud as we drove up from Bedford into the Blue Ridge Mountains arriving at the Peaks of Otter motel in late afternoon. The day was rounded off with a meal overlooking the lake in the restaurant. It was markedly cooler up in the mountains which came as quite a relief after the sizzling heat and humidity we had experienced over the previous days.