On our way to Asheville from Greenville, we took a scenic route via the well known Blue Ridge Parkway. The Blue Ridge Parkway is one of America’s most famous scenic roads. Built in the Depression by FDR’s New Deal Policy, the road winds 469 miles through the Appalachians, including the Smokey Mountains National Park. We drove only a couple hundred miles of it ending in Asheville. While it took several hours to drive this road, it was worth the scenery.
Bad Fork Valley Overlook
Looking Glass Rock
Wolf Mountain
Highest Point of the Road
Cranberry Ridge
We stopped in the town of Cherokee, the “big city” inside the Cherokee Indian Reservation.
Here, we took time to go to the Cherokee Museum and to buy a few “authentic” Cherokee handicrafts which were difficult to find as most things we found were made in China! We also experienced some Cherokee Culture by visiting the Museum Village.
A demonstration of how the Cherokee made arrows.
Sweathouse
Weaving
Canoes
The “Village People” demonstrated traditional Cherokee dances which you can see in these videos.
We headed out of Cherokee toward Asheville where we viewed a fantastic Smokey Mountain Sunset!
Resources
Blue Ridge Parkway Travel Guide
Virtual Blue Ridge
Cherokee
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