Little Guy Teardrop Trailer Travels--Blue Ridge Parkway

It was overcast with occasional sun when I left Tom Johnson Camping Center at 12:45 PM Sunday, 8/02/09. Preferring "the road less traveled" I took US 70 west (and not Interstate 40). I would have driven the Blue Ridge Parkway but suspected limited visibility. I encountered rain at 1:25, at the town of Black Mountain, followed by sunshine only five miles down the road.

I entered the Blue Ridge Parkway (near Asheville) at 2:12, in glorious sunshine!! I spent over an hour in the magnificent new Visitors Center where I watched a good movie (re: BRP) and I read the information with the many displays. I wrote in my loose-leaf notebook: "It seemed only natural to continue on the Parkway toward the South entrance. I was in no hurry!!" ~~ The following two pictures were taken within half a mile of one another. One looking North and the other looking South. Approximately milepost 431.











This is the highest elevation on the Blue Ridge Parkway--at 5:45 PM.










The Southern end of the Blue Ridge Parkway at 7:00 PM, Sunday August 2nd. I exited the Northern end of the Skyline Drive (in Virginia) the evening of July 13th, 2009. I've traversed almost the entire route both directions.










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