On the roadtrip from Dallas to Greensboro, North Carolina, we stopped in the mountains near Asheville, NC once we were almost to our destination. One of the things that I really loved about the drive up in the mountains were the tunnels that we got to pass through....literally driving THROUGH a mountain!
The roads were winding, so sometimes you could see the tunnel from far away and then approach it over time - like this one.
They are so beautiful and I can't imagine how much work and danger it took to build them (probably lots of dynamite involved)!
The goal of the day was to get to the top of Mount Mitchell - even though I thought my head was going to explode with the pressure, since I had a very bad cold and my head/ears were already plugged up from that. VERY PAINFUL!
Here's the winding little road to the very top!
We made it to the highest peak east of the Mississippi!
Here's Jenks and I at the summit!
Very pretty views from the top.....
When I took this next picture, all I could think of was the Beatles' song "The Long And Winding Road".....
On our way down from the peak, I spotted this remnant of a tree....it reminded me that sometimes we have to go it alone and be a strong soul all by ourselves and not compare ourselves to others, but to take our own path, whatever that entails.
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