fretless,

There are no tolls at all on the Blue Ridge Parkway. There are no actual tolls on Skyline Drive either, but there is a $15 entrance fee for Shenandoah National Park, through which Skyline Drive runs. The entrance pass is good for six days.

Daylia,

If you go through Meadows of Dan, in Virginia between Mabry Mill and the North Carolina line, you might enjoy a stop at the Poor Farmer's Market" http://www.poorfarmersmarket.biz/
Their fried apple pies are wonderful and, as of October, 2007, they had an extensive and unusual selection of books and CDs with Appalachian themes.

Nearby is an beautiful little church building http://www.r-elliott.com/stonechurches/stonchurch.htm

Kent Davis