It was raining for most of the trip, but it was still lovely.

@LadyDuck Oh I see. Do they offer boat rides at the lake?

There are a few mills along the Blue Ridge and even an old cabin that belonged to a woman, I believe she lived to be 100. We werent' able to look at the info for too long because we could tell it was about to rain. I love exploring as well. Over here we have signs that tell us of the history of an area.

@ScribbledAdNauseum We have signs on the walking path around the lake. There is also a small museum about the smugglers. The border with Italy is very close and the lake is half Swiss and half Italian.

@ScribbledAdNauseum Yes, Mount Airy is the town that inspired Mayberry. It must be pretty far from you though. I thought it was a bit more central.

@snowy22315 About an hour's drive.

I would love to go to the Walton's museum. I'll have to look into that for the future. The Andy Grifith Museum is in Mount Airy, I want to say it was on Main Street, but if not it was not too far from it. It's in the "Andy Grifffith Playhouse" complex. The tour we did was in the squad car. We had to go to Wally's Service Station to get to it, and the cost was $40.00. They also have Model A Car tours, I'd like tdo that next time. We were able to go into Opie's Candy store which was kind of cool. The town thrives on tourist revenue honestly. There was a Walker's Soda Shoppe that I wanted to go into but it was closed. You'll have to look around at the architecture, there's a quarry in the town and a lot of the town's buildings and houses have stone.

YEah, I mean it was fun when we could actually get out and experience it.

As do I. I was thinking of taking a walk. It's sunny but I'm not sure what the forecast calls for. There's a park in my neighborhood, it has a walking trail that makes you feel as if you aren't just a few feet away from a busy thoroughfare. I also really want to trespass (I won't) on a property at the end of it.

@ScribbledAdNauseum LOL, maybe you can find the owner and see if they will let you enter the property.

@Bensen32 I need to look at the map. I think I know where the property begins. it used to be a farm but it's not in use like that anymore, or alteast I don't think it is.

If you mean towards the camera? That's fine. However, the other way? You would die. We were up in the mountains.

@Janet357 It's very beautiful up there. You drive the parkway and get to see beautiful views. There are many overlooks that you can stop at and learn about.

@ScribbledAdNauseum really? Omg, hhahaha, but i still love the grass. It reminds me of my childhood place.

I agree... If money wasn't an issue, I'd never stop exploring!

@ScribbledAdNauseum Same here... Financial constraints...

@Aansh13 YEs, but it's fun to explore what we can .

I love history too! There were a few sites along the Blueridge with history but it was raining and so we didn't get to see all of them. There was a cabin that we wanted to go look at it but it was going to start downpouring and so we got back in the car and traveled on.

The picture came out just a tad darker than it actually was, but we did have a lot of rain clouds and spotted one wall cloud. I didn't take a picture of it.