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Photos from Western North Carolina
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Hiking to the highest peak
Clingmans Dome
Very scenic and cloudy trail
Back on the Appalachian trail
No view at the top
Walking back down the paved trail
Better views at a lower elevation
Driving the blue ridge parkway
Highest point on the road
This road is operated by the national park service
Money shot
Another southern style dinner in Asheville
Working at UNCA
That’s University of North Carolina Asheville
Back on the Blue Ridge Parkway
Hiking up the craggy pinnacle
Nice view
A little hazy but that’s okay
Cool tree on the trail
Highest mountain east of the Mississippi river
Another overlook on the blue ridge parkway
Walking to the Linn Cove Viaduct
Cool
Nice trail in the thick spring foliage
Found it, can’t wait to drive over this
Quite the engineering marvel
Photos from the Outer Banks
Bridge to the outer banks
Wright brothers museum
Site of the first flight
The first four flight distances marked by stones
Walking up the hill in the cold wind
Nice view, now back to the warm car please
Jockey’s Ridge State Park
Really large and sandy dunes here
Looks like a desert
Certainly one of the more unique trails we have done
The sand was really nice here, soft and fluffy
Too bad it was soo cold
So pristine, where is the ocean?
The photo behind the photo
On to Roanoke island, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
Goofing around on the Lost Colony theater stage
My new favorite lighthouse
Walking through the marshes
A beaver?
Nice natural area
Alright moving on, still cold out
This was at Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge
So many birds!
More Saw lots of swans, geese, and ducks
This area looks so nice for them
Funky tree canopy over the boardwalk
Driving the outer banks scenic byway
Woah sunset awesome sunset alert
Looking good
Why do we keep seeing sunsets over water from the east coast?
Money shot
We’re sleeping here
Sunrise time
Glad I got up for it
Had the whole beach to myself
Another day, another lighthouse
Or is it a light station?
Cool sea museum at the lighthouse, free with our national park pass
We could see this lighthouse flashing from a distance last night when we went to bed
Tight fit on the ferry
Great view with our front row seat
A rival ferry! Prepare to board!
Had to watch out for sand on the road
#rd lighthouse on the Outer Banks
Not our favorite, it was short and stubby
What are you looking at?
Funky clam shells or something down there
Here comes our ferry
Front (or back?) row again
Woah warm enough for no jacket!
Dolphin sighting
Nice relaxing ferry ride with a view
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Days Traveling: 365
Miles Driven: 34500
Average MPG: 37.6
States Visited: 48
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