Quick Afternoon Trip

Last Sunday afternoon was so beautiful that Molly and I couldn't stand to stay at home, so we ate a quick lunch and headed north.

Spring was barely here with the buds just coming out and even the breeze still chilly.
We drove up Hwy 321 through Blowing Rock to the Blue Ridge Parkway and headed south.


We stopped just after the Linn Cove Viaduct and if you're not sure what that is click on the link and check out the pic. The hiking trail was closed so we didn't get any pictures of our own.

"Closed" seemed to be the theme on our little trip; as we headed down the parkway it was closed just south of Hwy 221 and we decided to start making our way back home. The closures were due to the large amount of snow the area got this past winter and the hash storms a few weeks ago which caused an awful lot of damage to the trees and littered the road with limbs and debris. Molly snapped a few great shots out the car window as we made our way though the valleys back toward I-40.

It was just a short few hours but I'm thankful that we live close enough to make it up on short notice and sad that we don't make it up more often...