Fri
Jun 22 2007
08:24 pm
By: R. Neal
Played hooky and went up to see the Roan Mt. rhododendrons. The festival starts tomorrow. Looks like the rhododendrons peaked about a week early, but they are still quite beautiful. It was a little overcast and quite hazy today. Maybe the atmospherics will be better this weekend for the festival.
Also wanted to go to Ridgewood BBQ, but apparently they close between lunch and dinner and we missed the lunch seating by about 20 minutes. Oh, well, maybe next time.
A couple more photos after the jump...
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64 degrees at 2pm, approx.
64 degrees at 2pm, approx. 6,200 ft above sea level. What a beautiful park they have developed up there.