I spent a couple of weeks at various camps in what is called the Cumberland Plateau. It’s a high area just west of the Appalachian Mountains. This part of eastern Kentucky and Tennessee has lots of hills and canyons that create some beautiful scenery. (Campbellsville KY) Pikes Ridge CG (ACE) on Green River Lake is […]
(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 […]