Tag Archives: Blue Ridge Parkway
Frying Pan Gap Loop Scout – August 4, 2020
Hiked Frying Pan Gap Trail from the gate to the campground and then returned along the Parkway. Photography by Penny Longhurst. Click on any picture to zoom & enter the slide show. Plants that are non-native to North America are … Continue reading
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Tagged Blue Ridge Parkway, Butterflies, Hiking, Lichens, North Carolina, Views, WCBC, Wildflowers
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Big Ridge & Shut-In Trails Scout – July 27, 2020
Charlie & Alice suggested these spots. Great idea! Hiked from Big Ridge Overlook north to the Parkway & then back along the road, and then from Mills River Overlook north. Joe & Mary stopped off at Mills River Overlook on … Continue reading
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Tagged Blue Ridge Parkway, Hiking, North Carolina, Views, WCBC, Wildflowers
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Parkway South Scout – July 20, 2020
BAD NEWS! The mowers have taken out the large Turk’s Cap Lily seen near Wolf Mountain Overlook on July 13 (hard to believe they couldn’t see it!), as well as loads of other unique plants and left deep, wet, muddy … Continue reading
Hemphill Bald & Heintooga Ridge Road Scout – July 14, 2020
Joe and Mary drove up the Heintooga Ridge Road to the end of the paved section and then hiked the Hemphill Bald trail from Polls Gap. Photography by Joe Standaert. Click on any picture to enter the slide show. Plants … Continue reading
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Wolf Mountain Overlook Scout – July 13, 2020
BAD NEWS! Stopped here today (July 20, 2020) and sadly the mowers had taken out the Turk’s Cap Lily as well as loads of other unique plants and left deep, wet, muddy ruts for several hundred yards along the Parkway. … Continue reading
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