Mt. Mitchell State Park Visitors Center View #WW #SWF
Good morning, kittens and dawgs! We had a gorgeous day last month in the mountains while on the Blue Ridge Parkway. This is the visitors center near the Mt. Mitchell State Park summit. We were on our way back down to the parkway when we saw a picture we wanted to get.
This is the view we saw that we wanted to try to capture. I love how the wildflowers and fence frame the bottom of this shot!
I thought the hillside with its large flat boulders and low-growing shrubs in the foreground against ginormous fluffy clouds and swatches of blue sky overhead was dynamic! 
On the other side of the boulders in the previous picture is Radio Station Road (not paved). It’s usually gated off. I walked up it and took this picture of the opposite valley looking back toward the Smoky’s.
I did a screen grab of a satellite view of the area. I placed a star where we parked our car to give you a better sense of where I snapped these pictures.
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I am taking a blog hiatus beginning October 1st -17th but I do have my routine weekly posts scheduled. I will link with a few regulars, do return visits, and respond to comments. It’ll be sorta like I’m not away from Blogosphere. Meanwhile, the work continues on repairing blog posts and until I get everything tidied then I’ll continue to use today’s photo contribution as a double up with my global participation on Skywatch Friday.
Please join me for Friday Sillies and more Friday fun stuff!
8 Comments
Birgit
Great pictures! I love the ones with the clouds…dramatic.
XmasDolly
Absolutely beautiful and I hope you’re have a great time.! hugs & be careful.
Rorybore
I so want some mountains to photograph! This month I have felt rather bored with shooting my own neck of the woods – and there just hasn’t been time to travel anywhere. But, now that the leaves are changing, maybe I will get some great Autumn shots this weekend.
David E. McClendon Sr.
Very nice pictures. I wish we were back there. This is the best time of year to be there. Spring is the best time in Gulf Coast Texas. Have a great week.
Suzanne Gunter McClendon
Your photos are making me so homesick, Cathy. That area has to be one of the most beautiful on earth. How blessed you are to be so close to Heaven. 🙂 Thanks for sharing this beauty with us. Have a blessed day!
Patrick Weseman
Wow, what beautiful photos. Very nice. That is a place that I really want to visit.
Arlee Bird
Wish I could be there right now. It’s been many many years since the last time and only time I visited this place.
Arlee Bird
Tossing It Out
Nita
Lovely captures! It is a beautiful area and your shot with the wildflowers and fence is my favorite!