28 hours, and 1512 miles

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Most of you know I work for R News as a Satellite/Live truck operator, and my truck has been in need of repair.  I won’t bore you with all the technical stuff,  but the truck needed to be driven to AVLtech in Asheville, NC in order to be fixed.

So Tuesday morning I packed up the SAT truck, grabbed my camera, and headed toward NC.  This brought me through Buffalo, NY,  Erie, PA,  Pittsburgh, PA, and into West Virginia.

The first night I stayed in Fayetteville, WV, home of the new river gorge, and the famous Rt. 19 new river gorge bridge. The bridge and overlook was a great way to finally stretch my legs after a 9-hour drive.

Then I made it to the “Quality Inn”……remember when you were a kid, and your parents told you not to say anything if you didn’t have anything good to say?

After a few hours of sleep I was back on the road by 6AM Wednesday. This was a bit of a shorter drive about four and a half hours, and brought me out of WV, into Roanoke Virginia, through some really cool tunnels, Bristol TN, ending up in Asheville NC.

Work on the truck began right away.

I spent most of my time at the AVL shop learning what I could about the satellite dish on my truck.

The AVL shop was lacated in the heart of the art district in Asheville, and I took about an hour to walk around to check out all the galleries and workshops.