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Blue Ridge Parkway
Motorcycle Road
Trip
By David Reichman
 The Blue Ridge Parkways is the longest rural parkway
in the United States. It runs 469 miles, connecting the Great Smoky Mountains in southern
North Carolina
to
Shenandoah
National Park
in northern
Virginia, and stretches across the southern
Appalachian Mountains. That fact alone promises a very scenic ride. So why don't you give
yourself a break and take a motorcycle road trip along the Blue Ridge Parkway!
If you want to get the most out of the beauty of the Blue Ridge Parkway, you will need to allot four days for this motorcycle road trip. Take the
time to stop and explore nearby towns that have existed since the first
settlements in America.
Starting from
North Carolina, the beginning of your road trip is kicked off with a movie-like dramatic
setting as the Smoky
Mountains
are so visible. Ride to Boone, the Firefly Capital of the World. If you
are feeling like being a child again, stop by at Boone's major attraction,
the Tweetsie Railroad.
Moving along to Asheville, treat yourself with cultural and historic attractions. In Asheville, you will find the famous Biltmore Estate, the most
technologically-advanced home during the time it was built. You might want
to spend the night at Biltmore Estate for their wine, and experience the
life of the rich and famous.
If you are a fan of the Wild West, you might want to
stop at Maggie
Valley. In Maggie, there's the Ghost Town in the Sky theme park. Relax and enjoy
staged gunfights. Explore more of Blue Ridge as you head to Humpback
Mountain. Deep inside, you will find Linville Caverns. Be sure to look around
Linville Caverns and brace yourself to see oddities after oddities in each
room.
Leaving North Carolina, you get a chance to see Native American culture manifested in such towns
as Cherokee, where the Cherokee Indians settled. From another group,
however, the Oconaluftee
Indian
Village, you can even learn words from their native tongue and participate in
some of their activities, like mask carving and canoe hauling. Reaching Virginia, stop by for live entertainment with local actors giving life to the
1800s Appalachian skills, customs and traditions, all complete with
costumes and other props. This performance is held at the Humpback Rocks.
The same entertainment lies ahead at Mabry Mill as performers also
demonstrate old the Appalachian lifestyle. As you relax in Mabry Mill, a
bite the town's specialty, the fresh apple butter, will make this
motorcycle road trip all worth it.
As dramatic a start as the Smoky Mountains mist
provided for the beginning of your motorcycle road trip, so does the
roaring sound of the Crabtree Falls for the ending. Take one more stop
before finally concluding your trip, at the Blue Ridge
Music Center
and listen to some old folk songs dating back from the time of the early
settlers.
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A four-day excursion via Blue Ridge Parkway
will make you realize that there are really so many beautiful places in
the United States. As you think of your journey, it encourages you to explore more of the
country's four corners to see its beauty with a motorcycle road trip.
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