Posted by Lew on January 9, 2008, 9:14 am
A couple of us are planning a trip up the Blue Ridge Parkway, south to
north, in the spring. We're thinking 2-4 days, camping or staying in
cabins or cheap motels. Any advice as to where to stay, what to see,
fun roads along the way, etc. would be appreciated.
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Lew
Posted by YTKinWI on January 9, 2008, 1:22 pm
I think that Ex-AMA roadracing champ, Jamie James, owns the French Quarter
Cafe in Black Mountain, NC (15-20 miles above Asheville just off the BRP).
We stopped by a few years ago. Jamie was in that day and he sat with us and
discussed mc roadracing to 90 minutes. Really a nice man and the restaurant
had great food.
>A couple of us are planning a trip up the Blue Ridge Parkway, south to
> north, in the spring. We're thinking 2-4 days, camping or staying in
> cabins or cheap motels. Any advice as to where to stay, what to see,
> fun roads along the way, etc. would be appreciated.
> --
> Lew
Posted by Vito on January 9, 2008, 1:46 pm
>A couple of us are planning a trip up the Blue Ridge Parkway, south to
> north, in the spring. We're thinking 2-4 days, camping or staying in
> cabins or cheap motels. Any advice as to where to stay, what to see,
> fun roads along the way, etc. would be appreciated.
http://www.blueridgeparkway.org/
Keep your tank filled when you can. Stations may be close to the PW but
invisible and those on the PW are few and sometimes far between. Try to
pick a time when the mountain laurel are blooming. If you can, try turning
off your lights at night (obviously while going very slow with no traffic) -
the effect of the stars above and lights below is right out of Star Trek.
Take pictures. Enjoy!
Posted by Lew on January 9, 2008, 10:21 pm
On 09 Jan 2008, Lew wrote in
> A couple of us are planning a trip up the Blue Ridge Parkway,
> south to north, in the spring. We're thinking 2-4 days, camping
> or staying in cabins or cheap motels. Any advice as to where to
> stay, what to see, fun roads along the way, etc. would be
> appreciated.
>
Thanks for all the responses so far. I'm making a list of all your
suggestions.
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Lew
Posted by Jack Bunce on January 24, 2008, 9:42 pm
Lew wrote:
> On 09 Jan 2008, Lew wrote in
>
>> A couple of us are planning a trip up the Blue Ridge Parkway,
>> south to north, in the spring. We're thinking 2-4 days, camping
>> or staying in cabins or cheap motels. Any advice as to where to
>> stay, what to see, fun roads along the way, etc. would be
>> appreciated.
I did it North to South last year in the middle of May. Cold foggy and wet
on Mount Mitchell.
We camped at Otter Creek. Hosted -- nice sites -- restaurant within walking
distance if you didn't want to cook.
Very little traffic and no enforcement that we saw. Tunnels are dark and
curved: close one eye as you approach & open in tunnel - helps with dark
adaptation.
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> north, in the spring. We're thinking 2-4 days, camping or staying in
> cabins or cheap motels. Any advice as to where to stay, what to see,
> fun roads along the way, etc. would be appreciated.
> --
> Lew