There is something insane about traveling down a highway wedged between tractor trailers going 70-plus miles per hour. Plus, the road is long and winding and doesn’t always head in the direction you actually want to go….

The scenery was beautiful on our drive today, though birds definitely have a better vantage point in every case.


We drove the Skyline Drive south from Fort Royal, through Shenandoah National Park….through small Virginia towns…..down the interstate….and here we are tonight in Old West Durham.

A bird would have arrived much sooner than the eight hours we spent on the road. Smart creatures.