As school begins and family vacations are not as common, September is a month when Parkway visitation tends to drop prior to the high visitation of October weekends. For that reason, the drive along the high mountain road may be especially relaxing for those who can plan a trip this month. Here in early September […]
Blue Ridge Parkway Wildflower Report for August 24, 2007
This is the Blue Ridge Parkway wildflower report for August 24th, 2007. Triple digit temperatures have gripped much of the Virginia and North Carolina piedmont over the past couple of weeks. So the Parkway has been an especially popular place to find temperatures sometimes as much as twenty degrees cooler. It has also been very […]
Blue Ridge Parkway Wildflower Report for August 17, 2007
This is the Blue Ridge Parkway wildflower report for August 17, 2007. Triple digit temperatures have gripped much of the Virginia and North Carolina piedmont over the past two weeks. So, the Parkway has been an especially popular place to find temperatures sometimes as much as twenty degrees cooler. It has also been very dry, […]
Blue Ridge Parkway Wildflower Report for August 10, 2007
This is the Blue Ridge Parkway wildflower report for August 10, 2007. As we enter the last month of the summer, the Parkway becomes the first choice for a place to escape the sweltering heat of the piedmont and lowlands. Temperatures are often twenty or more degrees lower especially in the high elevations of the […]
Blue Ridge Parkway Wildflower Report for August 3, 2007
This is the Blue Ridge Parkway wildflower report for August 3rd. As we enter the last month of summer, the Parkway becomes the first choice in a place to escape the sweltering temperatures of the Piedmont and lowlands. With temperatures often being 20 or more degrees lower, especially in the higher elevations of the park […]