Yesterday was a beautiful sunny day, warm and clear, the best time to take a car club drive. This time the drive leader had us meet in Swannanoa for an event that was supposed to be two weeks ago, but was postponed. We drove as a group from Swannanoa to Old Fort, and then formed …
Tag: Blue Ridge Parkway
Driving the Blue Ridge Parkway
We love driving the Blue Ridge Parkway, and these pictures are from a drive we did last July. There are a number of neat tunnels on the parkway, fun to honk the horn as we go through with our car club. I haven't shown the tunnels before, so now is a good time to show …
First Drive of the Season
Warmer weather has come, and we eagerly anticipated the first drive of the season with our car club yesterday. We weren't the only ones, seems like a lot of members had cabin fever, and were glad to get the cars out. That is our blue TVR on the left. We met up at a parking …
Blue Ridge Parkway Progressive Drive
Saturday, the British Car Club got together for a fun drive along the Blue Ridge Parkway. We call it a Progressive Drive, and it is an idea I came up with a few years ago to mix up participants during a drive. When everyone is in two-seater cars, it is hard to get a lot …
Hiking Graveyard Fields
Taking a break from everything is easy here, with the Blue Ridge Parkway just minutes away. It took about 45 minutes to drive up to Graveyard Fields yesterday for a mind-clearing hike. We are so lucky to live where a vacation set of mind is literally a short drive away. We have wanted to hike …
Blue Ridge Drive July 2014
We did a drive with our car club yesterday. The weather was just perfect, a beautiful sunny day in the 70s. The recent rains had cleared the air and the views were spectacular off the Blue Ridge Parkway. We met in a parking lot near the entrance to Pisgah Forest. This was a Progressive Drive, …
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