Tag Archives: Tennessee

Perimeter East Trip, Road trip, Uncategorized

Great Smoky Mountains (finally)

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Today I drove from Asheville, North Carolina to Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. Once again, this was almost all within National Parks land as the final 80 miles of the Blue Ridge Parkway ends at the entrance to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The drive was very pleasant with varying scenery that was all the more interesting … Continue reading Great Smoky Mountains (finally) →

Perimeter Trip, Road trip

Day 53 – Appalachian Goodness

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The National Park Service has two parkways that approximately follow the crest of the Appalachian Mountains in Virginia and North Carolina. One is called Skyline Drive which runs through Shenandoah National Park in Virginia. The other is the Blue Ridge Parkway which is a 469 mile long, two lane (one each direction), controlled access road … Continue reading Day 53 – Appalachian Goodness →