JK_Dave's Family Trip to the BlueRidge Parkway

These are some pictures from this weekend when we took the kids up to Tweetsie Railroad outside of Boone, NC for a day and then a day driving down parts of the Blue Ridge Parkway and up to Grandfather Mountain. It's really beautiful if you ever get a chance to see it.

Nice Scenery....looks like a Great Time!

Great pics! I love the BRP. Looks like it was a fun time.

If you ever continue the drive up through Virignia there is an easy, but scenic Jeep trail called Big Levels right off of the Parkway.

Headed up to the top of Grandfather Mountain







Inside the mini museum and conservatory, half way to the top of the mountain.













The famous "mile-high" swinging bridge. It's 5280 ft above sea level, not the canyon beneath it. It was fortified with steel cables in 1991 I believe, but when I was little, it was just rope and wooden planks.









So this guy thought it would be a good idea to open his truck's tonneau cover in 65mph winds. The wind ripped it off his truck, sent it bouncing through the parking lot like a paper plate and then went halfway up the mountain. :naw: :doh:





Hope you enjoyed the pictures and you should try to make it here if you're ever in the area. It's beautiful country.

Beautiful pictures!!!!

That bridge was so much fun when it was just ropes. We used to use a friend's cabin in Maggie Valley when I was a kid.

MR.Ty said:

Great pics! I love the BRP. Looks like it was a fun time.

If you ever continue the drive up through Virignia there is an easy, but scenic Jeep trail called Big Levels right off of the Parkway.

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Driven the Virginia section several times, didn't know about the jeep trail. Where off the parkway is it?

Enjoyed your pictures! Thanks for sharing!

Great photos. It's beautiful on the Parkway, although I've only been on it between the Great Smoky Mountains National Park & Asheville, NC

Nice photos! Gotta love that part of the country!

Joker151 said:

Driven the Virginia section several times, didn't know about the jeep trail. Where off the parkway is it?

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Almost directly south of Staunton. It is FR162.