BG Report: Blue Ridge Parkway 3/3: Virginia

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An amazing day for travel today on the Blue Ridge Parkway. And a so-so day for blood sugar.

First of all, today’s drive was the end of the Blue Ridge Parkway for us: from southern Virginia to the northern end, up closer to Washington, DC. Also, this was the day that the strong remnants of a hurricane hit the Parkway. While we were on it. And nobody else was.

It was insane. But before that, the Mexican food last night was worrying me, and I woke up at 4 am to see what the damage was. None at all; I was 127. By 9:30, when I woke up for real, it was 147.

The lady that runs our Bed and Breakfast in Cana, VA made us a nice breakfast and we chatted with her and her husband about travel and stuff. And then we drove out into the supremely foggy mountains to the magical, mystical Blue Ridge Parkway.

The fog was so thick you could sometimes hardly see anything. It made the drive mesmerizing and invigorating; you had to pay close attention to where the curve of the road might be 20 feet ahead. Maybe it was the stress of it (fun though it was), but just before 2 pm my BG was high, 253.

We ate sandwiches purchased back in Meadows of Dan in the car, watching the fog blow quickly down the slopes and out over what would have been the sweeping vistas of the central Virginia mountains.

Later we stopped again at a little pullout for a snack: fudge, from Nancy’s, also in Meadows of Dan. BG was 114, perfect, and so although I never eat fudge, I chanced it today. And even guessed on the dosage with my Humalog pen.

The next two BGs were 81 at 6 pm, then 109 at 8:30. Pure perfection. Between those, we came upon a huge fallen tree in the road, and as the rain poured down, I had to run over and toss aside what pieces I could to make a path for the car. It was one of the most insane things I’ve ever had to do while traveling. (Only the video really does this episode justice!)

Dinner was from a Long John Silvers. It was pretty bad; normally I like LJS but this food had been sitting out and was hard and unappetizing. And with these carbs, this time I wasn’t so lucky. Events caught up with me, and before bed I was very high, 328.

I took some Humalog and went to sleep. I felt like we’d seen the Blue Ridge Parkway in a very unusual way, one that most people don’t get to see. Dead leaves, intense fog, and hurricane-driven trees in our path. Sometimes travel is, in its own peculiar way, simply awesome.

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