[AT] anybody close to this?

[David Bruce]

Yes, I've been through Fancy Gap on US 52. I agree with you, the drive 
on I-77 is much easier than driving US 52 - the drive on I-77 isn't bad 
at all unless the wind is blowing.  It's been a few years since I've 
been on 52 in that area.
In fact, when I was a youngster, my dad would drive up to Orchard Gap 
(between Fancy Gap and Mt. Airy) and pick a pickup truckload of peaches. 
  He was going anyway so he took "orders" from all the neighbors and 
made the trip to a small, family-owned orchard where we would pick our 
own produce.  Picking a few bushels of peaches wasn't so bad but I'm 
sure picking them all day was about like priming tobacco <grin>.
That's beautiful country up there.

David

charlie hill wrote:
> Hi David,
> 
> I don't know if you ever went up through fancy gap in the old days on 52 
> but by comparison it is now a nice Sunday drive.  It's still steep but 
> the beauty of the view down over those apple orchards makes it worthwhile.
> 
> Charlie