Day trip on high

 

Friend's granddaughter and a little waterfall by the Blue Ridge Parkway

Teresa captures a shot of the little waterfall

Used as my header, Tanbark Ridge Tunnel is just to the right of this cascade

Not a great selfie at all!

Looking out the window of the little store at Craggy Overlook...toward the northwest. Unfortunately the bushy foliage obscures this view from the walkway. You can sometimes see I-26 going toward Tennessee. The Craggy Gardens picnic area is still not open.

The Parkway Map with road closures still due to Hurricane Helene in Sept. 2024.

If you enlarge you might see 2 towers in the distance to the left, on Mt. Gibbes next to Mt. Mitchell, which I don't think is visible here.

Our lunch overlook, higher than  Graybeard Mountain. The Graybeard trail starts near home, in Montreat, and the mountain is easily seen from Black Mountain and Lake Tomahawk.

Next week I hope to go up to Mt. Mitchell for a picnic. Highest mountain east of the Mississippi, as I've mentioned before. It's about the same altitude as the place in Colorado I hope to move to.

A neat split rail fence with Graybeard Mountain beyond...not sure which peak however.

The yellow area to right on I-40 (east of Asheville) is Black Mountain. (I think this map calls it 73! which it never was, but was 70 before interstates!) Anyway, if you see the words National and Forest you can find Mt. Mitchell State Park halfway between them. I'm enlarging this from a topo map that was for sale at the information store at Craggy Gardens.

This gives a better idea of where the Parkway has overlooks. Many times I'll just go to Tanbark Ridge Overlook. That's I-40 going left to right along the bottom of this view.

When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.

JIMI HENDRIX