Blue Ridge Parkway Visitor Center
After World War II, a renewed sense of optimism coupled with relatively cheap and available gasoline put Americans in their cars and on the move. Automobile designs such as the station wagon held growing families. The Blue Ridge Parkway opened the region to recreational driving as more people than ever before took to the highways for fun and relaxation.
Moses H. Cone Manor
Driving along the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina we stopped at the Moses H. Cone mansion. It was not a planned destination; it looked like a big deal, so we stopped. Moses Cone, a prosperous textile entrepreneur, conservationist and philanthropist of the Gilded Age built Flat Top Manor in 1901. The estate also contains a family cemetery, carriagehouse, and apple barn. This wayside stop provided for some very grand views of the valley.
Click here for Moses H. Cone information
Blowing Rock
We also stopped at the Blowing Rock attraction located on the opposite side of the valley facing the Cone mansion. The Blowing Rock is an immense cliff 4,000 feet above sea level, overhanging Johns River Gorge 3,000 feet below. The phenomenon is so called because the rocky walls of the gorge form a flume through which the northwest wind sweeps with such force that it returns light objects cast over the void. Considering the entry fee for Blowing Rock, I’d settle for the Moses H. Cone view.
Click here for Blowing Rock information
Living In Eternity 
Dan, you are certainly sharing a lot of places we can to visit in the future. Great pictures!
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Thanks Crystal,,,, I take way to many pictures. It’s hard to choose which ones to post. So many sights, so little time.
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Dan & Deb, we love traveling with you by blog. Great pics! Thanks for sharing. Art & Crystal
On Sun, Jun 16, 2019, 4:26 PM Living In Eternity wrote:
> Dan Bohn posted: “Blue Ridge Parkway Visitor Center After World War II, a > renewed sense of optimism coupled with relatively cheap and available > gasoline put Americans in their cars and on the move. Automobile designs > such as the station wagon held growing families. ” >
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