American Driving Vacations

Imagine coming around a corner and suddenly catching your breath as the view opens up to a vast mountain landscape, a larger than life panorama of waves of blue hills. Stopping at a view point you see a deer and her fawns gently grazing, unaware that there are people around. Another vista reveals a burst of spring color and still another, a gushing waterfall. These scenes and more will unfold as you drive the Blue Ridge Parkway, the 459-mile road that connects Shenandoah National Park in Virginia with the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee. Meandering on the road, your eyes are always looking out for the next stunning view and the farthest Appalachian Mountain ridge lost somewhere in the expansive ever-present blue mountain haze. In Virginia, the terrain rolls gently. As the Parkway moves to North Carolina, the mountains become increasingly rugged and the road surrounded by majestic stands of trees. By the time you reach Tennessee, the blue haze has turned to a silver gray, with the Smokies punctuating the sky.

In between all of this natural grandeur, you can almost imagine Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee strolling down the streets of Lexington, Virginia. In Charlottesville, you can stand on the same street corner where Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and James Monroe stood as friends before each became President of the United States. Boone has an outdoor drama that portrays the heritage of the area. Asheville is home to the 250-room Biltmore Mansion, the largest house in America. You can walk down cobblestone streets, relax in an outdoor café and enjoy an art walk, all the while surrounded by spectacular mountains that Carl Sandburg, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Thomas Wolfe and the Vanderbilts drew their inspiration from. The Blue Ridge Parkway can become a part of your own personal history too. Enjoy it – it’s one of a kind.

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