By Day 3 of our Road trip we had reached the Blue Ridge National Parkway. A unique park that is a 490 mile roadway in the tops of the mountains from North Carolina to Virginia. Fantastic views, hikes, historical sites, museums and folk life centers. Probably take a week to really see everything.

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There were many road cuts in the Blue Ridge National Parkway. Some of the had quite unusual rocks and varieties. ANd all seemed to have little water falls or drips.

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The trunk of a cypress has a wide, swollen base, or buttress, that helps to support the tree in wet, unstable soil. The knobby, cone-shaped humps rising from around the base of the tree are called knees, that help with aeration of the roots and stabilization of the tree. It also give it that eerie look at the water's edge.

Ferns are growing on the buttress of the cypress. As well you see a new tree growing from a beaver stump in front of the cypress. The ecosystem uses all its niches.

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