September 15th, 2005
I'm probably scrapping the Grand Canyon plan at the end and I'll go back next year when I have more than a day. That frees up some time so I can be a bit more leisurely in my daily checkpoints.
Today I visited (briefly) Old Salem, NC. It was quaint but after Williamsburg I was a bit spent for the interpreted historic site. So I went, saw, and moved on to Chimney Rock. This led me through the Blue Ridge mountains and I took the time to do a pretty good hike and cooked out on the way back down the hill.
Here is today's data!
Total miles: 245
Overall Average MPG : 26.73
MPG Based on: 245 miles from Burlington, NC to Asheville, NC via Chimney Rock; 9.167 gallons
A bit less MPG today because of the back country roads to chimney rock and hill climbing.
GPS Reading:
N35°43.810 W081°07.680 Cotawba County rest area Hwy 40, NC elevation 853'
N35°25.970 W082°15.017 Chimney Rock, NC - Chimney Rock @ the flagpole elevation 2,280'
N35°34.948 W082°27.846 Asheville, NC - Motel 6 elevation 2,116'
More Photos!
Old Salem, NC
Old Salem, NC
Still Life Along the Broad River
Highway 9 - Chimney Rock, NC
Chimney Rock, NC
Chimney Rock, NC
Chimney Rock, Lake Lure and the Blue Ridge Mountains
Chimney Rock, NC
Exclamation Point
Chimney Rock, NC
Blue Ridge Mountains
From Skyline Trail - Chimney Rock Park - Chimney Rock, NC
Hickory Falls
Chimney Rock, NC
Lamb Spiedies from Endicott, New York cooked over mesquite
a Yuengling from Pottsville, Pennsylvania
some olive salad and tomato/mozarella salad from Philly
regional cuisine in motion!
Nearly every car that drove by had noses stuck out the window ...
they were probably rethinking that trip to McDonald's for dinner ;-)
Chimney Rock, NC
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