Subject: Re: [East2] Skyline/BRP changeover
From: Chris BeHanna
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 11:50:54 -0400 (EDT)

On Tuesday 24 June 2003 10:51, Scott Ruffner wrote:
>> On Tue, 24 Jun 2003 jfielek@cox.net wrote:
>>>> > > Anybody remember the road intersecting with Skyline Drive and/or the
>>>> > > Blue Ridge Parkway where the changeover from one to the other occurs?
>>>> > >
>>>> > > Said more simply, where does the speed limit go up from 35mph to
>>>> > > 45mph...
>>
>>> >
>>> > At the southern end of Shenandoah Nat'l Park, roughly where I-64 crosses
>>> > it. The Nat'l Park southern entrance is about 1/2 mile north of the
>>> > freeway.
>
>>
>> Yup, this is where it changes (have lunch up there at least 2x a week...
>>
>> More useful information: I came up the BRP from Asheville last weekend,
>> and found no significant park police presence from Asheville, NC to
>> Meadows of Dan, VA.


    Ah, Meadows of Dan.  PoPs and I played follow-the-electron there
en route to the first AoDG.  There's a nice picture of me someplace
posing next to a rack of pottery pumpkin lamps.


>> Tooled along at roughly 60 without any issues.  Between Meadows of
>> Dan, VA (Rt. 58 intersection) and Buena Vista, VA (Rt.  60
>> intersection) I found LOTS of park police.  Basically they were out
>> hunting Roanoke/Lynchburg squid daytrippers.  At least 3 speed traps
>> set up within 20 miles of Big Island, VA (James River intersection).
>> I hit one trooper while doing 55, and dropping quickly on seeing
>> him...he started to slow, but never came after me.  They are looking
>> for revenue in there.


    Except for that dreadfully boring stretch in Southern VA, I've
found that it can be quite a challenge to carry 55mph into many of the
turns on the BRP, and due to the relative lack of fear of winning a
high-speed driving award, the whole experience is much more
pleasant.[1]

    Speed is for the roads crisscrossing the BRP, like NC 80.

Chrispy

[1] And, the last time I did this, my ZX-11 got an astounding 75mpg.