After getting our rig's oil changed and annual maintenance at the Freightliner Chassis factory in Gaffney, South Carolina, we drove to Wilkesboro, North Carolina. We had a shady campsite at Bandit's Roost Corp of Engineer Campground on the W. Kerr Scott Réservoir. While in the area, we drove a section of the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina between Mile Marker 276 and 325. Between the towns of Deep Gap and Linville Falls.
MOSES H. CONE MEMORIAL PARK - Mile Post 294
This 3600-acre park is near Blowing Rock, North Carolina, on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Moses H. Cone made his money in the textile industry, selling denim to customers such as Levi Strause. The Cone Mills Denim Factory in Greensboro made the Cones one of the largest producers of denim in the world.
Moses and Bertha built this 14,000 square foot summer house called Flat Top Manor in 1901.
LINN COVE VIADUCT - Mile Post 304
The Linn Cove Viaduct is one of the most complicated concrete spans ever built. The quarter mile bridge skirts the rugged perimeter of Grandfather Mountain.
A hiking trail leads under the viaduct for a close-up view of the construction.
Hiking the boulder field at Grandfather Mountain.
LINVILLE FALLS - Mile Post 316
We hiked to the upper Linville Falls as well as the narrow spot where the river flows through to the lower falls.
The Linville River
1 comment:
You've had your rig a year already!?
That area looks very green and pretty.
Hope you're having nice weather.
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