Here are some pictures I took on various little trips near Blowing Rock.
The Blowing Rock Town Park Gazebo
St. Mary's of the Hills Episcopal Church in Blowing Rock, the inspiration for Lord's Chapel in Jan Karon's Mitford books.
The Blowing Rock skyline.
The Moses Cone Estate near Blowing Rock. This beautiful home was the inspiration for Miss Sadie's Fernbank in the Mitford books.
Views from the Cone porch.
It's hard to see in this picture, but these are Christmas Trees. There were beautiful tree farms everywhere you looked!
Pictures taken from the car on a drive up the Blue Ridge Parkway to the Linn Cove Viaduct. It was very cloudy and rainy that day.
