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The Shenandoah River Valley from the park’s welcome center.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Looking southeast from one of the many overlooks along Skyline Drive<\/p><\/div>\n

The ride on Skyline Drive was very scenic and the roads were flawless. Only problem was that the speed limit is 35 for 105 miles. I pushed it up to 40 a few times, and that made things a little more fun but the guys with the blue lights were out and active so I just putted along spent a lot of time looking around.\u00a0 And, I wasn\u2019t in a hurry to get anywhere so that was fine, just a little boring after the first couple hours. Then… I got to the Blue Ridge Parkway (now that was FUN) – speed limit up to 45 which isn\u2019t really all that fast but after over three hours of 35 it seems like you\u2019re FLYIN – and, no blue lights in sight. I didn\u2019t push it much over 50 which was about as fast as I could go in the corners anyway; and there were lots and lots of those.\u00a0 It was a good time and the same or better as far as scenic, just not very many pull outs to take your time and really get a good look. There is a short stretch where you are right on the top of the ridge line and you can see Virginia to the east and West Virginia to west from the same spot. I\u2019d recommend the Parkway over Skyline Drive if you can only do one (it\u2019ll save you some money too as Skyline Drive is part of the Shenandoah National Park so you have to pay to get in).\u00a0 Looking forward to camping again – this KOA was nice but the roads inside are steep and are covered with pretty deep gravel – not really “motorcycle friendly”.<\/p>\n

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Dang, I shipped my fishing pole back with my golf clubs. Lynchburg\/Blue Ridge Parkway KOA<\/p><\/div>\n

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