Well, the Blue Ridge Parkway ride is over. It ended up being even better than I imagined it would be. My favorite part was Deals Gap, and my second favorite was the Skyline Drive. We ended up doing 1800 miles in 5 days, 900 freeway miles and 900 twisty miles. We were pretty beat up when we got home at about 3:00AM on Monday. The North Carolina portion of the Parkway was just spectacular. The middle portion was extremely nice, but it was not as breathtaking as the southern portion or Skyline Drive. We came very close to hitting a couple of bears in the road on Skyline Drive and this was the first time I ever saw a bear in the wild. Go to the past rides pictures here to see the parkway pictures.