Blue Ridge Parkway Sketches

Fall watercolor Grove Park Inn Room 362

We spent a week enjoying beautiful early fall weather in the Asheville, North Carolina area earlier this month. The rural scenery in the area is really special. Here are sketchbook pages from the trip …

Room 362 at the Grove Park Inn provided a perfect spot to take in the landscape with the Smokey Mountains as a backdrop. Their Sunset Terrace Restaurant provided beautiful evening views along with excellent food.

Our drives along the Blue Ridge Parkway took my husband and me back to the Penland area. We met at the Penland School when he was teaching a summer session in metals years ago. We also enjoyed the views from Mount Mitchell and our hike in the Mount Pisgah area.