Columbus Day Weekend 2016

[Inhouse Bob]

Nemo,
I live 10 minutes from the Lorton Station and would be glad to meet the train and join you for the ride to Charlottesville. Then I would head home and leave you to enjoy family time with the kid. Let me know details by PM if you want the company.

Change of plans! I'm taking off next Monday (10/3), get int the train in Sanford and get to Lorton on Tuesday morning.

I'll meet Fran in Charlottesville for lunch and head to the BRP. I expect we'll enter the BRP at around 1500. I want the ride to be comfortable and not so fast that we'll miss the beauties of the road. So... Would it be to ambitious trying to get to the Roanoke area for the first night stop?

More questions to come. Stay tuned.

You can make it to Roanoke on the BRP from Charlottesville that evening, but the BRP gets a bit tedious after a couple of hours, especially if you get behind an RV train. That's a real thing this time of year, what with the leaves getting pretty and all. Plus, as the sun gets low, the deer start to hop out in front of you. Just stay flexible and know that you can always bail out and head to I-81 or Rt 11 if you need to make time.