It was still early spring, but the further south I traveled, the greener it got. Well, except at the higher elevations on the Blue Ridge Parkway.

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Roadside redbud and dogwood near Natural Bridge in southern Virginia.

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The Blue Ridge Parkway in southern Virginia not far from the North Carolina state line.

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This is the sort of thing I was looking for on the Blue Ridge Parkway, the Brinegar homestead.

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Someday I need to return when the house is open. A fascinating reminder of Blue Ridge family life.

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A fun road for driving with the sweeping curves and open vistas. This time of year there were not many fellow-travellers.

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Umm...

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Here I parked my car off on the grass and walked back up the road a ways to try for a different perspective of this farmhouse. A local man traveling the parkway stopped because he saw my vehicle on the side of the road to see if I needed any assistance. We ended up talking about the beauty of the parkway and the spring season.

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Back on the ridge again. After this it was time to descend into the eastern valley and continue on at a less leisurely pace to my destination outside Greenville, South Carolina.

Did this post end up too long? Next will be Greenville, SC, but I returned to parts of the Blue Ridge Parkway later so there will be more to see.