On Wednesday the girls and I, along with one of Laura's friends, drove up to Craggy Gardens on the Blue Ridge Parkway. I was hoping to see some rhododendrons blooming; I thought they might be near peak up at that elevation.
We went to Roan Mountain last June when they were blooming spectacularly and it was beautiful.
It was a gorgeous, sunshiny morning at the house when we left. We got on the Parkway and headed for Craggy Gardens. We saw some pretty views until we got closer to our destination and then we hit the fog. And I could barely see the road ahead of us, much less any views.
Driving through that thick cloud was a little nerve-racking for me. I am very thankful that they had just repaved this section of the road about a month ago and the center line paint was still very bright. That helped me considerably. And the other people we saw up there also seemed to be taking it nice and slow as well.
I pulled into the parking lot of the visitor center and the girls told me that they still wanted to hike, even if it was foggy and we wouldn't see any views. They still wanted to walk through the woods. And walking through the quiet, mysteriously shrouded trees was enjoyable; I'm glad they still wanted to go. We didn't go all the way to the end of the trail before turning around; the girls were ready to go back and eat their lunch and we wouldn't have been able to see anything from the top of the peak anyway.
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| At the Craggy Gardens Visitor Center |
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| We could see the rhododendrons that were immediately next to the parking lot. |
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