Today we started out trip towards the Blue Ridge Parkway. We stopped at the Pilot Mountain visitor center and took some pictures.
We are a bit early for the season, we pretty much have the road to our selves. The unfortunate side to this is not everything is open yet, that includes the road. There is lots of road work being done especially as we get closer to Asheville. There was lots of destruction from Hurricane Helene in 2024.
Do you know the song "Tom Dooley"? We visited the spot where Tom Dula (pronounced Dooley) killed his girlfriend. or did he kill her... Seems it could have been a love triangle. His girlfriend killed his other girlfriend...
We followed that up with a short hike to the Cascades Falls where the volunteers were working to clear the trails!! The volunteers were no spring chickens, they'll sleep good tonight. We also saw 4 ladies slippers which are funny looking flowers, I think they're rare.
Our last stop was at Flat Top, a summer home for the Cone Family later donated to the NPS. We have a tour scheduled for tomorrow morning.
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