View from Blue Ridge Parkway near Strasburg, Va
Slept late and woke to a really hot day. Thanks goodness for air-conditioning. We went for a walk around Lynchburg but were just hopping from one piece of shade to the next so we set off and headed for the Blue Ridge Parkway again as it runs in the direction we wanted to go and is a lot cooler, being high. Stopped a few times to listen to the birds tweeting, and enjoyed being away from the traffic but were travelling slowly so rejoined the I85.
Stone soup cafe
We had left without breakfast as it was too hot to eat but by 2:30 we were getting hungry so pulled off at Waynesboro to find something to eat, but no sign of the Golden arches or our other usual classy dining joints. After circling a few times and ignoring the pleas of the GPS to return to the freeway, we came across the Stone soup café/2nd hand bookshop which sounded pretty good. The food was excellent and we were encouraged to browse the bookshelves while eating, which was a bit of unusual.
After that, we thundered along to Martinsburg but when we saw that Edinburg was on the way, we had to stop and investigate. It was a very small place (pop 813), the temperature was 94oF and one of the main streets was Printz street (Aaargh!). So similar, but so different.
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