Road Trip Redux-dux-dux

We left Tallahassee on Thursday morning, determined to get to Greenville, SC.  I don't know why.  It just seemed like a good idea at the time.  It was 91 degrees at 10 am, and that is a good enough reason to leave to go anywhere north!

We got there and promptly found ourselves in the middle of a crashing, rolling, rumbling, ear-shattering thunderstorm!    From our room Greenville looks like a nice enough town as South Carolina towns go.  We were glad to leave on Friday morning. 

We got to the Blue Ridge Parkway and it felt like home.

Except that we couldn't see anything at the overlooks!  Still, we'll take fog and 51 degrees!  By 3:30 we had made it to Banner Elk, and our stopping place for the holiday weekend.  This is our view:

And the weather is gorgeous!!  Saturday dawned clear, and cool, and we've had a wonderful walk and lots of reading and napping. And well, this is a great way to start things off!