The Blue Ridge Parkway

We got up at 7:00am Eastern time and got some coffee in the lobby. We sat outside drinking our coffee while overlooking the pool and enjoyed the sounds of the morning. Back to the room to get our gear and we are off. Looked for a couple of geocaches and found both. Got on a section of the Blue Ridge Parkway (BRP) and it took us to the highest point on the BRP-6,053 feet. It was breathtaking! We turned off the BRP onto a road that led us into the Pisgah National Forrest where we stopped for a butt break at Looking Glass waterfall. The road led us to a small town and a restaurant named Hog Wild where we enjoyed excellent BBQ. We tried Eastern BBQ pork for the first time. It has a sauce that is thin, light and tart with a definite vinegar flavor as compared to the thick sweet red sauces we were used to. Hog Wild had a five foot animatronic Homer Simpson statue that said "Mmmm Bar-be-que, and sang Shake Your Bootie! while shaking his hips and swinging his arms. We headed back to the resort and got a sprinkling of rain from a passing sun shower that felt wonderful.

One of many Blue Ridge Parkway Tunnerl	"Smokey" mountains
Appalachian Trail Trailhead	Looking Glass Mountain
Looking Glass Falls	Animatronic Homer

Odometer at end of the day = 39807

Miles ridden today = 162