Blue Ridge Parkway is an interesting driving route
I'll be there in a couple of months! We're planning on doing a hike through the Great Smoky Mountains in North Carolina and Tennessee.
I understand it is  469 miles through Virginia and North Carolina 
The hike we're doing will be part of the Appalachian Trail. It will be very scenic.
Some think of it as just a motor road or a pleasant drive. But the Parkway is also a place of varied and significant natural resources., I bet the hiking around there is spectacular
Well what about the Appalachain trail? It isn't for driving at all. You could walk through fourteen U.S. states on that trail.
That would be amazing
It reminds me of the Oregon trail from Missouri out to Oregon. Did you ever play the Oregon Trail video game?
well my kids did, I am very intriqued by this Blue Ridge Parkway, I hope to go someday
Blue Ridge Mountains
The Blue Ridge Mountains are a physiographic province of the larger Appalachian Mountains range. The mountain range is located in the eastern United States, and extends 550 miles southwest from southern Pennsylvania through Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama. This province consists of northern and southern physiographic regions, which divide near the Roanoke River gap. To the west of the Blue Ridge, between it and the bulk of the Appalachians, lies the Great Appalachian Valley,
Blue Ridge Parkway
The Blue Ridge Parkway is a National Parkway and All-American Road in the United States, noted for its scenic beauty. The parkway, which is America's longest linear park, runs for through 29 Virginia and North Carolina counties, linking Shenandoah National Park to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It runs mostly along the spine of the Blue Ridge, a major mountain chain that is part of the Appalachian Mountains. Its southern terminus is at U.S. 441 on the boundary between Great Smoky Mountains National Park and