{"id":5753,"date":"2016-04-28T18:18:41","date_gmt":"2016-04-28T18:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/\/?p=5753"},"modified":"2016-04-25T18:21:19","modified_gmt":"2016-04-25T18:21:19","slug":"travel-the-north-carolina-blue-ridge-parkway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/04\/28\/travel-the-north-carolina-blue-ridge-parkway\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel: The North Carolina Blue Ridge Parkway"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:4766,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/Blue_Ridge_Parkway&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20250905063205\\\/https:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/Blue_Ridge_Parkway&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-04 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10:55:58&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-04 10:55:58&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:4780,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/26486440471&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251104113216\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/26486440471&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><em>The Blue Ridge Parkway is a National Parkway and All-American Road in the United States, noted for its scenic beauty. The parkway, which is America&#8217;s longest linear park,[3] runs for 469 miles (755 km) through 29 Virginia and North Carolina counties, mostly along the Blue Ridge, a major mountain chain that is part of the Appalachian Mountains. Its southern terminus is on the boundary between Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Cherokee Indian Reservation in North Carolina, from which it travels north to Shenandoah National Park in Virginia and offers access to the Skyline Drive. While the two roads join together end-to-end, they are separate and distinct entities, built as two different projects and managed by two different National Park Service units. The Blue Ridge Parkway was built to connect Shenandoah National Park to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Ridge_Parkway\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(via)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I was only on the parkway for 50 or so miles but I did get to experience its highest point. I didn\u2019t get behind anyone and no one was on my butt for the entire ride. I passed cars going the opposite direction but it really was just the Golf &amp; I all by ourselves. Every pull-off was devoid of cars. It was a long morning but really an exceptional drive that I didn\u2019t even know existed until I was looking up things to do in Asheville.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Here are a few photos:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"View &#039;Blue Ridge Parkway, Asheville NC&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/26552479015\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Blue Ridge Parkway, Asheville NC\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"427\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1490\/26552479015_a0791902c3_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"View &#039;Blue Ridge Parkway, Asheville NC&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/25949562123\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Blue Ridge Parkway, Asheville NC\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"427\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1536\/25949562123_d370f4fdea_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"View &#039;Blue Ridge Parkway, Asheville NC&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/26526475566\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Blue Ridge Parkway, Asheville NC\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"427\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1478\/26526475566_ef532e611c_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"View &#039;Blue Ridge Parkway, Asheville NC&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/26279598790\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Blue Ridge Parkway, Asheville NC\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"427\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1625\/26279598790_74984d41bd_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"View &#039;Blue Ridge Parkway, Asheville NC&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/26279600720\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Blue Ridge Parkway, Asheville NC\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"427\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1594\/26279600720_87c166353a_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"View &#039;Blue Ridge Parkway, Asheville NC&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/26460142722\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Blue Ridge Parkway, Asheville NC\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"427\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1603\/26460142722_4852239dd6_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"View &#039;Blue Ridge Parkway, Asheville NC&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/26460146602\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Blue Ridge Parkway, Asheville NC\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"427\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1545\/26460146602_026aa308bf_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"View &#039;Blue Ridge Parkway, Asheville NC&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/25949580133\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Blue Ridge Parkway, Asheville NC\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"427\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1589\/25949580133_47a5d26a06_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"View &#039;Blue Ridge Parkway, Asheville NC&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/25949581563\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Blue Ridge Parkway, Asheville NC\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"427\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1447\/25949581563_609cd343fc_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"View &#039;Blue Ridge Parkway, Asheville NC&#039; 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