I had a few weeks left in sabbatical 2007, so I decided to take a trip down the Blue Ridge Parkway from mile 0.0. Here it is in Virginia.
Rockfish Gap, Virginia, mile 0.0 of the Blue Ridge Parkway. This is just South of Skyland Drive and Shenandoa National Park
The first overlook you hit on the BRP
Continuing down the BRP in Virginia
The Peaks of Otter restaurant - Blue Ridge Parkway
The lake at Peaks of Otter - Virginia
The Peaks of Otter lodge
Abbott Lake at Peaks of Otter - Milepost 86 of the Blue Ridge Parkway, Bedford, Virginia
The Peaks of Otter Lodge - Virginia
Small bream in the clear water of Abbott Lake -- Peaks of Otter, Virginia
Abbott Lake and Sharp Top Mountain at Peaks of Otter - Virginia
Sharp Top Mountain stands guard over the Abbott Lake at beautiful Peaks of Otter, milepost 86 - Virginia. Look up tranquility in the dictionary and it should have a picture of this place.
Abbott Lake at Peaks of Otter - Virginia
Abbott Lake at Peaks of Otter - Virginia. I definitely need to bring Melodi back to this place.
Just after exiting Peaks of Otter, a visitor on the side of the Parkway
A groundhog checking out this weird looking dude in the big silver machine.
Mabry Mill at milepost 176 of the Blue Ridge Parkway - another beautiful spot
Mabry Mill
Mount Pisgah, North Carolina
N checks out the flowers at Mount Mitchell State Park - on the Blue Ridge Parkway
Mount Mitchell - the highest mountain east of the Black Hills
N at the Mount Mitchell Cafe
T and Dad play joke it up at Mount Mitchell Cafe
Oreo enjoyed the day and the cool summer air at almost 6700 feet.
Mount Pisgah - and a beautiful mountain ash tree in the foreground
Mount Pisgah
The stellar view of Cold Mountain from the Blue Ridge Parkway
Cold Mountain, of movie fame.
Pounding Mill Rock -- along the Blue Ridge Parkway
The Pisgah Inn
The nice colors and the parking lot for the Pisgah Inn
I sat and watched a storm roll over the mountains, it was awesome.
I think its called Yellowstone River at Graveyard Fields
Graveyard fields
Views from Waterrock Knob on the Blue Ridge Parkway
Waterrock Knob on the Blue Ridge Parkway
Looking down on the Waterrock Knob parking area
Heading up the trail to the top of Waterrock Knob - 6200 ft.
The view from the top of Waterrock Knob - 6200 ft.
From the trail to the top of Waterrock Knob. The peak on the right is Mount Lynn Lowry. If you zoom in you can see the cross placed on the summit in memory of young child Lynn Lowry by her father. The cross is lit at night and you can see it for miles around.
Maggie Valley from Waterrock Knob
