The Joys of Late Summer in the Blue Ridge Mountains

[Onomea]

Great thread. Brings back a lotta memories of when I lived in Va as a kid, and we'd take family vacations along the Blue Ridge. Skyline Drive, right? We were doin' that back in, oh, 1965 or so...

The Blue Ridge Mountains are connected to the Smokey Mountains, right? Guess it is all Appalachia mountains? I recall the Smokeys in Tennesee, too, and how the winding roads banked dramatically in Tennessee, much more so than in Virginia, going around curves.

Beautiful country. Someday, I'll go back...

 

[concepthomes1]

I live in charlotte and cant wait to visit the blue ridge again. the colors just take your breath away!

 

[cbm1948]

My wife and myself wish that we were there with you.
Some of our favorite memories of the past 42 years have been in the Blue Ridge Mtns of NE Ga and West NC.


Clint

 

[red14]

Yes, I believe its one in the same.

It is always cool to match an actual place with a memory. My Mother was born in Juliette Ga. That's where 'Fried Green Tomatos' was filmed. The country store/restaurant is the same one in the film. Mom used to go to that place to eat lunch sometimes. It was cool to go where she had walked when she was little.

 

[ladder13]

I vacationed last summer in the Asheville area. Visited Hendersonville, Maggie Valley, Cherokee, Bryson City and a few others. Did a tour of the Smokies, and the Nat'l Park.
I could see myself living there someday.

 

[red14]

I vacationed last summer in the Asheville area. Visited Hendersonville, Maggie Valley, Cherokee, Bryson City and a few others. Did a tour of the Smokies, and the Nat'l Park.
I could see myself living there someday.

Stayed in a cabin in Maggie Valley in July 06. We especially liked the drive to and fro from our cabin. The little roads are so cool, rabbits would run in front of the van. Everything was like a postcard!

 

[Vanilla Gorilla]

Where are you going?

We've got a place not too awful far from Blue Ridge, GA, and the wife and I are going to enjoy the early winter. Hoping to get up into the Great Smoky Mountains to see some winter waterfalls, too.

 

[red14]

We've got a place not too awful far from Blue Ridge, GA, and the wife and I are going to enjoy the early winter. Hoping to get up into the Great Smoky Mountains to see some winter waterfalls, too.

There are some nice ones right near Gatlinburg. Big ones you can walk behind. I took some pictures from behind the falls. Walks last a couple hours, up and down, but beautiful when you get there. If an old fat man like me can do it, you can.

There are many near Maggie Valley NC.