August 2016 Drive Out to Blowing Rock, NC
The weekend of August 20, 2016, we saddled up about 22.5 Porsches and headed to Blowing Rock for Food, Fun, and Driving. We took over the Blowing Rock Inn for the night, after a soggy drive from Knoxville and a nice pic-a-nic lunch at Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area.
Sunday, we moved on to Asheville via the Blue Ridge Parkway where the drive out ended. But first, we took a little detour on The Devil’s Whip.
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- We corraled up at the Pilot Station, awaiting instructions
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- Jacquie, waiting to go…
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- This quickly became my fave…
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- Yeah, that’s a Paxton Supercharger…
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- Drivers’ meeting!
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- We lunched at Sycamore Shoals
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- Here is the Half Porsche. The 911 A/C was kaput, and that in wet weather is no fun…
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- The club took the place over!
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- Wandered into town, and were forced into this pub by the rains…
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- Happy Hour!
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- Off to dinner at a local country club
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- HOME!!! We got the villa!
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- Saddle up!!
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- Then we took a detour…
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- SUNDAY! Off to the Blue Ridge Parkway, stopping at the Mineral Museum. Potty break in general, but “Ooh-Ahh” for the Club Geologists.
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- Top of Mt. Mitchell for lunch
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- Cars were hard to find…
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- Food was good!!
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- View of the porch was about it…
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- And it did clear briefly!!
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- But not for long… “Imagine if you will…”
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- View from the top…
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- Cleared a little
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- At the top! That is the new observation tower, and Elisha Mitchell’s grave, the professor who first noted the mountain’s height.
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- Yepper…
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- Artsy tree shot… just cuz
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- “RASBERRIES!?!?!”
