Saturday morning, we had breakfast, broke camp and around 10:15, got on the road. We took a route south on the Blue Ridge Parkway, then took a steep, switchback road down the west side of the mountains, circled around and climbed back up to the Parkway at Grandfather Mtn. We encountered heavier snow accumulations with snow and ice on the roads. The plan was to take the Parkway down to a point close to Asheville. Then follow dirt roads into Asheville to visit a microbrewery for a mid-afternoon social hour. But, at Mt. Mitchell, the Parkway was closed. So we backtracked to a dirt rd to go down the east side of the mtns. About a 1/4 mile in, that road was gated for the season. Turning around there took a while since 4 rigs in our group were towing trailers and it was very narrow. Eventually, we found our way down the mtn and took some interstate for a while to get to Asheville. The heavy winds were still with us and hitting 70-75mph occasionally in my truck under those circumstances ( high speed, high cross winds and no anti-sway bars, lifted 6+ inches) borders on a "death-defying" experience. After social hour, we continued south and arrived at Lake Logan, a Presbyterian church camp, where we had permission to camp on their activity field, by the lake. It was a beautiful place to camp with a nice thick layer of grass for my tent. A different music group took the stage and played all original music, a mix of bluegrass, blues, rock. The wind started to calm, but still brought heavy gusts until some time through the night. I actually slept that night, better than I sleep at home.
Snow, approaching Grandfather Mtn
At Zillicoah brewery - 2 rows of us all lined up
Camping at Lake Logan
My lantern bracket needs improvement. The wind blew it down and now, my Sears/Coleman lantern needs a new globe.
The view Sunday morning
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