West Virginia and North Carolina Vacation – Day 7 of 9: Back to Maggie Valley
As I wrote in the two previous vacation blog posts, we spent the better part of 10 hours chasing waterfalls on Friday, May 15th.
I shared photographs and videos from Cullasaja Falls, Quarry Falls, Dry Falls and Bridal Veil Falls in the blog post dated June 5th. In the blog post dated June 7th, I shared photographs and videos from Silver Run Falls, Toxaway Falls, Batson Creek Falls and Looking Glass Falls, as well as a few photographs from a lunch stop in Brevard.
Soon after leaving Looking Glass Falls, it started to rain. The rain came down hard during some of our driving along U.S. Route 276 and the Blue Ridge Parkway, en route Maggie Valley. I am happy that we took the car, not the motorcycle, on our waterfall tour!
When the rain ceased, we stopped at a few overlooks on the Blue Ridge Parkway. The views were incredible after the stormy weather!
Graveyard Fields Waterfall
From the Blue Ridge Parkway we took U.S. Route 23/74 to Waynesville and U.S. Route 19 to Maggie Valley.
If you have read my previous blog posts about our West Virginia and North Carolina vacation, you will recall that we traveled to Maggie Valley to attend the South East Vulcan Riders and Owners Club (SEVROC) motorcycle rally. The SEVROC Meet & Greet, held on Friday nights, was at the Maggie Valley Inn & Conference Center’s Rendezvous Tiki Bar from 6:00 until 7:30 pm. The location was the same as last year’s Meet & Greet. We missed this year’s Meet & Greet, as we didn’t get back to A Holiday Motel until 6:50 pm. I heard that this year’s meal, the food as well as the service, was an improvement over last year’s meal. The dinner was served family style this year. Last year the dinner was served buffet style. I am sorry that we missed the Meet & Greet. “Jax”, the rally organizer, said 45 people signed up, and 60 people went to the Meet & Greet. Bob and I would have made the total 62. I didn’t hear any complaints about not enough food, so plenty of food was provided.
I took several photographs, after everyone returned to A Holiday Motel from the Meet & Greet.
It rained in Maggie Valley for the first time since we arrived. It was very nice to have the use of a large party tent this year. The main activity inside the party tent was the sale of tickets for the next day’s raffle, which benefits the local D.A.R.E. program.
The Beauty Around Us 
One Response to “West Virginia and North Carolina Vacation – Day 7 of 9: Back to Maggie Valley”
Absolutely spectacular scenery, especially the first ones. Thanks for sharing your awesome photography Linda.