Great Smokey/ Blue Ridge Parkway trip

[iowegian]

Hi:
We are in the planning stages of a trip to Asheville, NC area late April/ early May and I need some local input. From eastern Iowa through Lexington Ky to Asheville. Not planning on going to any VW shows. Driving a relatively modern car with the roof down (2008 VW EOS). OldFahrt that I am, I still use paper maps---no GPS for me. We are not interested in Dollywood and such. Of course the Biltmore mansion is on the menu. We will be staying in Asheville for a few days, so just looking for suggestions of day-trip ideas for out-of-the-ordinary scenic things and strange stuff.
Thanks for your help:

Chuck

[TDCTDI]

I’d skip Biltmore (sure, it’s impressive, but do you really want to spend a day walking through the gardens & from room to room?) & run the Blue Ridge Pkwy until I could leapfrog over to the Skyline Drive. Considering the roads that you’re used to, you’ll quickly be overstimulated by all of the twisties.
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[Q-Dog]

We did the entire Blue Ridge Parkway. Stopped at cafes and little towns along the way. We skipped the Biltmore.. Spent one night in a cheap motel near Floyd Virgina and heard some good music. Eventually ended up at Luray Caverns.
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[calvinater]

Hooray for Luray
Harpers Ferry is nice visit, headquaters of. the ATC.
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[iowegian]

Thanks for the replies----keep the ideas coming.
I love twisty roads and old villages. And little cafes with local fare.
The Luray Caverns are farther up the road than we are planning on going----but we will hit Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky on the way back home.

[TDCTDI]

If you like twisty roads, you may wanna make a run on the Tail of the dragon.
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GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!


An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.


Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it.

[Plantman]

Yes you will want to take Tail of the Dragon. Just watch for the motorcycles. That road kills several bikers every year.
David
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[iowegian]

Tail of the Dragon looks like fun-----even if I don't get nutty playing Walter Mitty with the Tiptronic.

[my59]

One son called the day on the Blue Ridge Parkway the best day on a motorcycle he's ever had, while riding his 500cc Royal Enfield from CT to Ashville.
The other drove his Miata from CT to drive Tail of the Dragon, said it was a blast.
I enjoyed some of the beers made in and around Ashville when I was there, and we made a point to avoid interstates and take state highways. Some real nice country to be seen.
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