This morning we woke to pouring down rain. Fortunately after we had our breakfast it had stopped raining long enough for us to load the car. Since they were calling for rain most of the day we decided we would head to Roanoke and shop for some new hiking boots for John. The hiking shoes I had brought for him were too small and hurt his big toe. The twin River outfitters shuttle drivers had suggested a store called Walkabout in Roanoke which is a local outdoor store, so that’s where we headed. Lucky for us it was sunny in Roanoke.
After John spent about an hour trying on different hiking shoes he finally settled on some Oboz shoes. We’ve seen this company advertised at the Banff Mountain Film Festival. They say they plant a tree for every pair of shoes sold.
Then we decided to visit the art museum which had a very interesting architecture and admission was free. But first week grabbed lunch from our picnic supplies, eating in the parking garage. We spent about 45 minutes and they are is Sam and then Sean wanted to go see the elevator museum. We debated whether to walk or drive to the elevator museum and started to walk but then we saw some rain clouds forming overhead and decided it might be safer to drive.
When we got to the address of the elevator museum all we saw was a storage facility. John went in to ask about the museum and like I said yes the museum is actually in one of the storage rooms, but that the owner was not always there. Then we took a closer look at the website and noticed that it said open by appointment only. Since it was getting close to 5 o’clock which is when the museum supposedly closed we figured it was a little late to make an appointment.
We hopped back on the Blue Ridge Parkway and headed for Mayberry Mill.