We wanted to drive a portion of the Blue Ridge Parkway while visiting Asheville. The scenic Parkway runs along the mountain ridges from Virginia, where it connects with Skyline Drive and Shenandoah National Park, through North Carolina to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. We started at the Folk Art Center near the Asheville entrance to the parkway. The Craft House contains an exhibition of folk art and a craft store. From the Folk Art Center, we continued north along the scenic mountain road. It was very reminiscent of Skyline Drive, which we've driven many times. I stopped at several of the scenic overlook pull-offs for the view and photos. The bluish haze you'll see is why this is called the Blue Ridge. Late March was still very early in the year and not everything was open
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