Nelson County

We drove the north 62 miles of the Blue Ridge Parkway finding many good photo opportunities. There was very little traffic so we were able to move about freely. Our first stop on the Parkway was a recreation of a settler's farm site with buildings constructed from the native materials. We followed a gravel road called Nettles Trail until it intersected Irish Creek Road. It was narrow, winding and quite steep at points. We stopped for lunch about noon at Scotty's Cafe just west of mile post 62. While eating, we checked and found the forecasted rain we have been watching for the past couple days changed its pattern so we scrambled northwest to Columbus, Ohio. If we had continued the parkway, we would have run into about three days of heavy rain. The Phaeton is not safe to travel in if the rain is heavy as the visibility with the side curtains on is very restricted. When we hit showers earlier on this trip, we just drove through them without stopping to install the front curtains.
So we are on our way home and watching for things to stop and see as we go.Read more