Saturday 4/26/2014
Our 2nd day adventure in Mount Airy area was to take another drive on the Blue Ridge Parkway. |
The welcome Center didn't know how to get to Hwy. 89, so we decided to just go up the mountain in Virginia and catch the Blue Ridge in Fancy Gap, Virginia. |
I-77 had three lanes going up the mountain. This is the interstate route we will be going in a few days. Pilot Mountain off in the distance. |
We found the parkway on the out skirts of the very small town of Fancy Gap, and headed north. |
Our first stop was at a lookout that had nothing but trees in front of it. |
We walked about a block back down the road to get this view of Pilot Mountain in North Carolina. |
Since we had walked in this far, we walked on up the hill to find the overlook. The building beyond the tree we found out was a lookout tower. |
Up in the tower we got a better view. Wow, I would love to have the house just off in the distance. |
Another view when I got back down on the ground. |
After traveling on the parkway for about 25 miles, we turned around and stopped at this homestead we had passed on the way going north. |
Mrs Pucketts home. |
As we continued back, we stopped at a church we had also passed by also. |
Bluemont Presbyterian Church built in 1919. Worship service is at 10:30 on Sundays. |
A cemetery located behind the church. |
" Come on guys, lets get back on the road. I want to get back home to play ball"! |
Just up the hill from Rap's is the Lonesome Pine Cabins to give you a place to close your eyes for the night if you are traveling up or down the parkway. |
The parkway from Fancy Gap going north for 25 miles was a real nice drive with beautiful views and not any scary drop offs. |
After lunch, we continued down the road and saw this view as we traveled. This is where the overlook needed to be located. |
A close up gives you another view of Pilot Mountain. |
Less than a 1/4 of a mile we came to another stop that had a peak-a-poo between the trees that I could get my zoom lens out for this Pilot Mountain close up. |
Across the street from the stop, I saw a Alpaca Farm and Store. There is a frontage road to the road to the farm either direction you go on the parkway. |
This alpaca just got it's haircut for the season. The owner came out and asked if we would like to see an alpaca being sheared. |
We continue our adventure in the "High Country" of North Carolina. |
A nice sign to Glorify our King of Kings during this spring season of Easter. |
We approach Hwy 89, the Hwy. we had originally planned to come up the mountain on. |
Shortly after the junction of Hwy. 89 we cross the border back into North Carolina. |
Our last stop before heading back down the mountain was at Fox Hunters Paradise. |
This was the best overlook of the day. |
Looking north. |
Looking east. |
Looking South. |
Zoom lens for close up and Pilot Mountain in the distance. |
My question is, " Is that white patch out in the distance the quarry"? If it is, Mount Airy is next to it. |
I have seen so many butterflies in North Carolina. |
We head back and cross the border back into Virginia |
back to Hwy. 89. We ended up just doing our day in the opposite direction we had planned. |
As we went down Hwy. 89, we cross back into North Carolina. |
We went through 3 to 5 mountain cuts down the mountain. I don't think I would like to drive a motor home down this road. We had driven 105 miles, on a 5 hour tour. |
When we get back to Mt Airy, I see the temps got to 81. Our temps on the parkway was from 73 to 77. A good day to be in the "High Country". |
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