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Subject: [Leica] OT: Driving the Blue Ridge Parkway - share your thoughts?
From: ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter)
Date: Tue Aug 22 05:13:03 2006
References: <4cfa589b0608212316m2734e2bvbcfde9b167a10751@mail.gmail.com>

Adam--

The southern end of the Parkway is my favorite. That's where the  
highest elevations are - the disappearing hemlocks, more vistas.

The problem I forsee is that a combination of the vette and that road  
will make you unwilling to stop to take a picture;^)

Ric Carter
http://gallery.leica-users.org/Passing-Fancies

On Aug 22, 2006, at 2:16 AM, Adam Bridge wrote:

> In November we'll be flying east to pick up a new car at the factory
> and go to a wedding in Frederick, MD.
>
> Afterwards we're driving back to California and we thought a special
> drive would be to drive through Shennandoah Ntl Park and then a
> portion of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Yes, it'll be late autumn but I
> like the eastern forests and it would be very different.
>
> If you're familiar with that drive I'd appreciate your sharing your
> thoughts - not to mention any particularly wonderful photo
> opportunities.
>
> Thanks for your thoughts.
>
> Adam
>
> ps: The rest of the drive should be pretty neat also - catching I-40
> west through Nashville, Memphis, Little Rock, Oklahoma City, Amarillo,
> a jog up to Santa Fe, a photo op at the Grand Canyon, and then the
> familiar drive from Arizona back to Davis.
>
> And yes, since you didn't ask, I'll tell you: we're picking up our
> 2007 Corvette coupe. <BIG HUGE GRIN>
>
> AB
>
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In reply to: Message from abridge at gmail.com (Adam Bridge) ([Leica] OT: Driving the Blue Ridge Parkway - share your thoughts?)