Boone to Cherokee

Pictures and Italian later
Delayed because of no internet access
Friday Aug 7
Today we finished the Blue Ridge Parkway. I wish we could get pictures that show the views from the Parkway looking out to the other mountains. It is one mountain and then another and behind that still more mountains that gradually turn blue and disappear in the haze. There was a sign stating that the haze is caused by industrial pollutants and not by automobile traffic. We saw 3 wild turkeys this morning and a groundhog in the evening. That was it for wildlife. We ate lunch at the Mitchell Peak Restaurant which is the highest restaurant on the east coast. That makes sense as Mitchell Peak is the highest mountain east of the Mississippi River. We did ride up to the parking lot at the top and then walked up to the observation area. From there we finished the Blue Ridge Parkway and found motels in Cherokee. Cherokee is a city on the reservation and there is no alcohol allowed. There are lots of motels but few with internet service. Ours is not one of them. We also do not have cell phone service. If we turn off the tv we lose all of the channels until the tv searches and finds all available channels. We are on the main street and it is the weekend. The town is full of motorcycles and most of them have loud exhaust systems. And we are here for 2 nights. Then we move to Savannah, Georgia on Sunday. 225 miles