Month: October 2021

This is our entire trip path on the map.

The night we decided to stay somewhere for 2 nights. And the room had this right in the bedroom!! Ooooooops!

Back on the road and off to Ruby Falls – underground waterfall in a cave!

Later, we rode “The Incline” to get some great views from the top! Really disappointing food though! LOL

Ziplining!! Boy was that ever fun

Unsuspecting, we headed to Gatlinburg, which was recommended to us by friends. Holy smokes!! It was like a Disney World town. What a surprise and blast!

And it happened to be Oktoberfest while we were there for an extra special treat on top of the mountain!

Neat place for an evening of live music and a LOT of purple!!!

Finally we hit the Blue Ridge Parkway, and did some hiking trails as we made our way along the twisty scenic roadway.

We stumbled upon a quaint little town called Blowing Rock to spend the night between hiking days. Excellent dinner at Cafe Violette!

Onward to another hiking day, which took us on a part of the Appalacian Trail!

We took a wrong turn off a loop trail and did some very steep climbing on some pretty loose terrain to try to reconnect with the path.

Then we drive out of the mountains and into Virginia. We see some of the sights, including University of Virginia. Monticello, Thomas Jefferson’s famed plantation home.

Visiting Nancy!!! Nancy and I go way back to penpal days. Wow! And we got a ride in their Tesla – what a cool car! If I didn’t live on a small island, I would definitely want one.

Some sightseeing around their town and railway.

Then on to some lovely gardens near Dule University – Sarah P. Duke Gardens.

Some sightseeing around Durham including Tobacco District down town. Then our last evening back in Charlotte, where we stumbled upon a large inflatable rabbit event

And a stadium full of pumpkins and vendor stalls

And finally, homebound, with a great shot of Charlotte from the air.