(Rileyville VA) After I spent a week visiting an artist friend and my cousin in southern Virginia, it was time to continue the journey northward. As usual I chose to avoid the interstate highways, and took routes that paralleled the eastern side of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Eventually, I headed up a canyon and got […]
(Boone to Roaring Gap NC) Again, I chose state roads out of Roan Mountain and then found I had to take a detour. That took me through Banner Elk NC, which I had hoped to see but had ruled out. Onward through Boone, and a few miles east of there I turned onto the Blue […]
(Petros TN) While visiting my cousin, they took me to Frozen Head State Park for some hiking. It was overcast with some light rain off and on. However, that did make good lighting for taking photos during the morning. We went up the Panther Trail along the creek for about a half mile. There were […]