Blue Ridge Parkway
Where: This trip connects Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina with Shenandoah National Park in Virginia.
Why: This drive will grace you with theatrical scenery! Think mountain ranges, sweeping vistas, flourishing alpine forests, and unbelievable skylines. Following a snaking road bordered by the soaring Blue Ridge mountain ranges, you’ll be able to observe the natural beauty of the Appalachian Mountains with your own eyes and be part of one of the most explored parts of the National Parks system.
The exceptional scenery is by far the best part of this drive, which you can enjoy even more by settling for a leisurely picnic, or camping within the luscious forests that cover the area in vibrant greens, reds, and yellows.
We are headed back out in early Fall, stops at ‘must see’ new NFL Stadiums to see games along the way. Drive around the USA, Windows Down, good eats for dinner, pet friendly hotel nightly. Kickoff most likely Mackinac Island and Upper Michigan Peninsula to put the pedal to the metal from our crib in the corn fields of Rocky Point/Currie SE NC and the Moore’s Creek Bridge National Battlefield and the beginning of the American Experience.
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Have you ever heard of the Highway to the Stars (a section of the route is designated as a star gazers paradise) in north central Pennsylvania? It is PA state route 44 starting at the PA/NY border in Ceres, NY. It goes through Coudersport, PA, the Black Forest, Jersey Shore, PA, crosses route US 15 at Allenwood, PA and ends near I-80 near Bloomsburg, PA. It is an excellent view filled highway for cars and motorcycles.