Kooling off in Kansas

Blue Ridge Parkway - North Carolina ---> Virginia

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June 15th 2013
Drove hard for a few days across the dreaded tornado alley and made it...im sure you'd'a heard otherwise if we hadnt... We slowed down the caravan in western North Carolina at the base of the Blue Ridge Parkway and started our slow journey north up the 469 mile scenic parkway...a curvy hilly road that meanders through the forested hills of the Appalachian mountain range....good distant ... read more

North America » United States » North Carolina » Asheville

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more