Galax, VA

 I have come to rest for the day at a Hampton Inn in Galax, VA.  It is about about 20 miles beyond Wythesville on the 77 and 8 more miles off the highway.  The main drag has a Lowes and a Walmart.

The drive in West Virginia was beautiful, driving through the Appalachians there.  There were two tunnels but those didn't bother me, not like driving the Mackinac Bridge.

Tonight's pic is of a bag I'm using that my mom made.


I have about a 3 hour drive to Raleigh in the morning.


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