We took what we hoped would be the scenic route home (well, partway home), based on it being a green line on the map, which seemed promising, and scenic doesn’t even begin to describe. We went a bit out of our way to skirt the northern edge of the smoky mountains, which were really nice, and then after a few detours we took the Blue Ridge Parkway north through North Carolina and part of Virginia. If anyone ever has the opportunity to do even a bit of this road, seize it. There were insane views around every other bend, just endless mountains. We listened to Loretta Lynn’s High on a Mountaintop (well chosen, Mike), stopped a few times to get out and gape at the view, and stayed on it until just past sunset, then switched over to the interstate right before it really got dark. Really a perfect penultimate day.
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