Blue Ridge--let's get going

This picture shows Loretta, mostly hidden, along the Green Rock Trail, the only trail we actually walked on the whole trip. (One thing we want to do the next time is walk several more trails.) This one runs less than a mile, but does get steep toward the end. We enjoyed all but the stair-step part, which got to Loretta's arthritis.

I feel a need to speed this story along somewhat. These pictures give an idea of what we drove though on most of the first day on the Parkway.

I'll put in one more picture here.

We spent the night at Otter Creek Campground, one of the nicest parts of the Parkway for us. A restaurant sits beside the Parkway, with the campground behind it. One section accommodates RVs, the other tent campers. We enjoyed our site; it had quiet, a nice tent section, good picnic table, plenty of room for a camp fire, and easy-to-use parking and access. Here's a picture of Loretta on our site.