Blue Ridge Parkway

This National Parkway is very near to Johnson City. We had 469 miles of beautiful highway to appreciate every spring and fall. There are plenty of hiking trails along the road - we could take one trail every week for many years without repeating any hikes. We started to take advantage of these when we lived in the area, and began to learn how to gradually increase our knowledge about those gorgeous mountains. The pictures below were taken in the Fall of 1974, when we, as a family in our early days,  started to hike on the Blue Ridge Parkway. The color change is just as good as anywhere in the USA. My slides are not coming out as I would have liked, as I was learning my photographic techniques at the time too!