Highest Point on the Blue Ridge Parkway

The highest point on the Blue Ridge Parkway is found near mile marker 432. At 6053 ft above sea level, this spot is about half as "tall" as Pike's Peak just west of Colorado Springs, Colorado. Of course the Blue Ridge Mountain range is quite a bit older than those bare, sharp peaks out west. I stopped here while heading north, having spent a weekend at THE MOUNTAIN, a retreat in southern North Carolina, just a few miles west of Highland. I set up the tripod and got the infra red remote control device ready, but its range was a bit short to make this shot. So a friendly biker named Bob, who seemed amused at my efforts to docment this moment, kindly offered to snap the shutter for me. Thanks, Bob.