Blue Ridge Parkway, NC - This shot was taken near the southern end of the Blue Ridge Parkway. A little bit of fog just adds a bit of mystery. The Parkway was started as a CCC project during the 1930s and finished finally in 1987. It travels along the ridge-line of the Appalachian Mountains stretching from the Great Smoky Mountains NP in the south to Shenandoah NP in Virginia to the north, some 469 miles long. We started at the southern terminus and proceeded northward, with the thought to complete the trip in two days - wrong! After three painful hours, finally terminating in Ashville, NC, we decided to bail. Maybe it was the time of year...but, everything looked the same after a while. The road has very few straight sections, so you're always turning the wheel and requiring full concentration. It's mentally fatiguing, not to mention a bit boring, as you view the same mix of eastern trees and viewpoints with little else of interest. Reminded me of the movies Ground Hog Day or The Truman Show, where everything keeps repeating over and over. Yup, same view...yup, same view... Maybe we've been on the road too long? I suspect the Parkway needs to be experienced in smaller chunks over a much longer time period - and over many different seasons. Fall color here would be spectacular. Anyway, we continued from Ashville up I-81 to the Natural Bridge site, where we're camped the night. Tomorrow, Shenandoah NP.
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