Always happy when the hotel has a luggage trolley otherwise it is a couple of visits back and forth to the bike with all the bags!

 

We got back on to the Blue Ridge Parkway today for another 225 miles through the beautiful scenery of North Carolina. At 11am we stopped at a Visitor centre which was still covered in cloud and only 12C (52F) but by the time we came out, the cloud had cleared and the sun had come out showing the beautiful colours up the side of the mountain.

 

En route we came upon Grandfather Mountain which has the above Swinging Bridge which is a mile above ground. Fortunately the gorge below was only a couple of hundred feet down and not a mile which was a relief!  Being so high up, the view was wonderful.

 

View from the Swinging Bridge. You can see why they are called the Blue Ridge Mountains, as you can see all the ridges in the distance and they appear to have a blue hue over them.

 From here John continued to enjoy the wonderful twisty roads which had very little traffic on but we can imagine what it would be like in the summer.