In May, we had short trips to Damascus for Trail Days and also to the outer banks for a wedding.

Southwest Virginia is a gorgeous place and there was a solid list of places I wanted to return to on the 5 day trip.

We left on a Thursday and made it to The Homeplace in Catawba, Va for an all you can eat family style dinner of fried chicken, roast beef, pulled pork and sides. If you are ever in Roanoke or thru-hiking the AT or are even just passing through the area on 81, look this restaurant up...