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Travel diary of a Smokies trip ends with a quiet retreat
A traveler journals a Knoxville to Asheville circuit with visits to Thomas Wolfe sites, Biltmore, Flat Rock, and Bluffs Lodge near Sparta. The piece notes mixed impressions from lodgings, landscapes, and roads, praising Appalachian scenery, the Blue Ridge Parkway, and rural hospitality while critiquing development and traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
N.C
Knoxville
Smokies
Asheville
Thomas Wolfe
Spruce St
Dixieland
ABC
Hendersonville
Stone Gates
Carl Sandburg
Blue Ridge Parkway
Harold Ickes
Gifford Pinchot
Theodore Roosevelt
McGee
Sen