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March 2010 Road Trip
To Staunton, VA: [Day 1]
BRP (Peaks of Otter): [Day 2]
BRP (Boone, NC): [Day 3]
Blue Ridge Parkway: [Day 4]
Route Map: [Route][all maps]

Day 4 (Wed Mar 10): Blue Ridge Parkway

Foscoe, NC: Hidden Valley Motel

A quaint motel and from what I can recall a very friendly owner. I would stay there again for sure.

Foscoe, NC: Hidden Valley Motel

View of the sign and the nearby traffic. Enjoyed it. Room #1!

BRP: Sims Pond Overlook

Snowy road but it's still open, unlike a lot of it in Virginia. Mile marker 296, and it's part of the Julian Price Memorial Park.

BRP: Sims Pond Overlook

Rock throwing failure!

BRP: Price Lake

Near Blowing Rock at mile marker 297.

BRP: Deer!

Deer crossing, be careful!

BRP: Pilot Mountain Overlook

Beautiful, hazy clouds.

BRP: Snow

Kick it.

BRP: Wilson Creek Valley Overlook

Very blue, very beautiful mountains.

BRP: Near Rough Ridge Lookout

Near Wilson Creek Overlook. Passing the Yonahlossee Overlook, the Lynn Cove Visitor's Center, and Grandfather Mountain. You can get a glimpse of the Lynn Cove Viaduct from here.

And another closure.

BRP: Open Again!

Near Asheville and the Parkway's visitor center. Near 35.37467N, 82.79014W.

BRP: Closure near Wagon Road Gap

Road closed to vehicles and pedestrians? Or just vehicles?

BRP: Closure near Wagon Road Gap

High elevation and snowy in North Carolina.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

"Cut and Run" sign along Newfound Gap Road, still in North Carolina. Headed west, before the Charles Webb Overlook and right before the Thomas Divide Trailhead. Around mile marker 18/19. Near 35.58971N, 83.39910W.

GSM NP: Charles Webb Overlook

"Measure of Men" sign. On the other side of the loop of the previous video. Snowy and scenic!