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....is hippieland to the MAX.. Only go there if you're heavily into weed, green energy and college-liberalism.. (BTDT,NA)

Just sayin..

Elk can also often be seen at the Cherokee entrance to GSMNP, which is basically at the southern ENDING of the BRP.
If coming as far north as Virginia on BRP, Floyd is a great place to spend some time. It's just north of Mabry Mill[the most photographed spot on BRP].

Reservations are made,Mast general store sounds like a must see, I do have an apreciation for old time general stores. The dragon and cherhola are a given as well as BRP from the Virginia line to Cherokee , as well as SMNP and the elk. Thank you all for the info it is much apreciated. Any recomendations on where to get a country ham ?

If you are two wheeling the Cherahala, do pay attention and do not let your guard down, there are several decreasing radius curves on there that will catch you by surprise... Lots of people lay their bikes down on there.

Basically anywhere from Virginia down.

We are back from a great vacation. Thank you all for the info and tips. We covered a lot of ground and met a lot of great people.We rode the Blue Ridge Parkway from Mabry Mill Virginia to Cherokee North Carolina, every corner was a vista more spectacular than the last, the wife loved the tunnels.Stopped at Grandfather mountain and Mount Mitchell, it was realy cool to be at the highest point east of the missisipee . I liked the cherhola skyway a lot more than the dragon, The dragon had too many racers on 2 wheels and 4 for my taste.Rode a lot of local roads as well and they were all great.Found ourselves in Sunset South Carolina late one afternoon at a small little bar called Bob's Place. Bobs Place is a shack on the side of the road that is straight out of the 60's , it still has an outhouse in use. We loved that place if you are ever near there you have to stop in. The highlight of the trip for me was seeing the Elk in the cataloochee valley, by the time we got there from Blowing Rock it was the middle of the day and they were up on the hill in the shade. Every once in a while we could here a bull bugle, shortly after that 7 cows came out into the field and the bull followed he was a beautiful 6x7. THey didnt stick around long but headed into the woods to our left. There was a small trail heading in that direction and we eased on down it and got about 50 yards from the bull and watched him chasing a cow around. The cow wasnt ready for him and when she took off up the steep bank he got pissed and started to paw the ground and just shred trees with his antlers , only stoping to bugle and shred some more. This went on for about 35 minutes. what a show !!

Glad you all had a fine trip. The elk can put on a show sometimes.

saw an elk standing next to the pidgeon river 2 weeks ago near the North Carolina border.