May 5, 2006 - Pineola, N.C.

Captain’s Blog
May 5, 2006
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Location: Pineola, N.C.

Didn’t do a whole lot today. Woke up at 8 am to the sound of rain on the roof. Didn’t get on the road until Noon. Only drove 72 miles today. Stopped at Blowing Rock which overlooks a 4000 foot Gap. Due to the fog were only able to see about 15 feet below us, just a little short of 4000 feet. That was a wash as was Grandfather Mountain. Raining like crazy and they wouldn’t let us up the mountain with our RV. Too big; nothing larger then 28 feet because of the hairpin turns.
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If it was a nice day then our rig would have been 28 feet long instead of 33 and Ron would have made the trip up the mountain despite the warnings. There is a suspension bridge one mile high that we wanted to walk across but no dice. When we get to Ashville we will have a rental and will make the trip back to Grandfather Mountain. This is a must do for us.
The rain and fog on the Parkway have been incredible. Some areas we could not see 2 feet in front of us. We pulled off to a local campground around 4 pm and it has not stopped raining or even slowed down for 5 minutes. Despite all that we are having a grand time. What a feeling to be free and live day to day. Me thinks this may be the way to spend the rest of our traveling days.