Hillbilly Geography 101

First of all the Blue Ridge Parkway don't even come close to Wes Ginny... Unless you consider 100 miles or so close...

The Blue Ridge Parkway starts (or ends) at Skyline Drive which runs north and South between Front Royal (north) to Rt 33 intersection (south) which is about 6 miles east of Elkton, Va.... From that interestction the Blue Ridge Parkway runs south into North Carolina... I think it ends around Ashville, NC but I wouldn't swear to it...

Now seein' as yer going to be in North Carolina you won't have to worry much about running into this ol' hillbiily 'cause I live just west of Skyline Drive and about half way up the mountain and just down from Big Meadows Lodge... We're tucked into a "holler" so even if you put a quarter in the bonnoculars the a ridge will block you from spyin' on me... Now there is one place along the drive, if you climb this certain tree with yerown bonnoclars you might get a glimpse but let me assure you that it ain't worth it...

However, seein' as you will be in NC, I'd recommend Boone, Banner Elk and Blowing Rock... Lotta nice sceneries between up and lotta cool shops, especially in Blowing Rock...

BTW, my sister-in-law has a cabin outside of Boone and we spend a little time there once or twice a year...

Warnings: watch for deer because they are unintellegent animals and don't realize what happens when they get run over by yer car... Espcially at night when their collective IQs dip below zero... Might of fact, don't even drive on the Parkway at night... Nuthin' to see at all except deer trying to get you to run them over...

That's about it...

Bobert