RVing the Blue Ridge Parkway // ALL 469 MILES

We've done a LOT of scenic byways but never one as epic as the Blue Ridge Parkway! This 469 mile road connects Shenandoah National Park in Virginia to Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina. We towed our camper top to bottom over the course of about four days.
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[@marmeedoll]

In an old Studebaker we courted up there, high into NC. Good grief she was true to her raising. a pure mountain girl what a treat, and then married for more than 60 years. I miss her something awful. And pretty, and so smart. She took me high into the Smokies and then claimed me. What a delight. And now I am without her.

[@nunyun1346]

As a cyclist thank you for your patience.

[@WorkinfortheWild]

I'm always so impressed by the cyclists tackling these mountain roads!

[@johnnyglexus5730]

Mt Airy aka Mayberry. Fun tourist stop.

[@markreynolds9570]

Great video. You are very good at this. I see your channel going a long way. Thanks

[@WorkinfortheWild]

Thanks so much for watching and commenting!

[@user-qw3qb4qb2f]

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[@wcarlhepker4806]

The trip leading from the Pennsylvania turnpike to the Blue Ridge Parkway and into the Great Smokey Mountain National Park pulling our eighteen foot RV was one of our favorite vacations! We would reference that as a favorite all the way up the time my wife passed away in 2014. Your video is a great reminder of the good time we had both on the Parkway and in the National Park. In the park, we camped right at a brook tumbling over some rocks allowing us to fall asleep to that music and wake up to it again in the mornings. The Parkway and the National Park made a wonderful vacation for both of us!!! THANK YOU FOR THE REMINDER!!!

[@alandugan9310]

Awesome vid!! Thanks for taking us along!

[@bergsteiger9152]

Loved it-have never visited this part of the country before-an eye opener!

[@user-kr3zt7fl5z]

Great video thanks, I plan to do the drive. You are a natural at this , so causal speaking, great personality and you made it fun.

[@NoOverhead]

Your dogs 😍😍. Thanks for for sharing!!

[@WriteNowandLater]

Great video. I enjoyed the tour.

[@evazumokennedy433]

Beautiful 😊

[@fvsmith]

My patience wears thin, waiting to get on the road and travel to these beautiful places you have shown us. I know it takes time to prep and prepare, but I’m making headway!

[@hisroadtravels8622]

We have been wanting to ride the whole parkway! We may go next week!! So exciting! Thanks for the cool video! Watching from Charleston, SC!

[@jenniferdavis8088]

Great video!!!!

[@FunFairy1221]

The 2 paw passengers surprises me. They are sooo adorable! I have a black lab pup! Oh they are enjoying and loving the road trip I’m sure!😊

[@WorkinfortheWild]

They’re the best travel companions!

[@itzrventure3822]

Awesome Video , as usualy , really informative. Really enjoyed watching your channel grow. Keep up the journey.

[@WorkinfortheWild]

Thanks so much for the support!

[@vaasnaad]

Loved it as usual! And I absolutely adore that hat!

[@WorkinfortheWild]

Thank you!

[@BlazingBursons]

Well done! What a lot of beauty@…we are familiar with the southernmost part of the parkway, it’s part of our stomping grounds! Thanks for sharing!

[@WorkinfortheWild]

Awesome! Such a beautiful area. I think the portion we loved most was between the NC/Virginia state line and Asheville.

[@RichardinNC1]

Nice overview of the BRP and hitting the highlights. At Graveyard Fields, about 1/4 from the little bridge is a 40ft waterfall with a nice area to view it. Also Looking Glass Falls a few miles south of the BRP is a can’t miss spot as well as the Pisgah Inn area. Both would be packed in the fall.

[@THEBLACKANARCHIST]

Dope content 💯

[@amysnyder4801]

Great information! We will be doing the Blue Ridge Parkway this September but starting on the southern end. Hoping to do several of the hikes you mentioned.

[@WorkinfortheWild]

I’m jealous! Take it all in!

[@timaz1066]

Another very nice video. Keep up the good work and hopefully your channel will grow a little faster.🤞🤞🤞😁

[@WorkinfortheWild]

Haha that would be great! Thanks for the support

[@Oblivionsurveyor]

The swinging bridge.....LOL

[@mayokimmer]

Wonderful video of this area and the Blue Ridge Parkway. I just put this one on my list to see, not sure we will do it with our trailer though since our height is 11.5 But love the colors and views. Thank you for sharing.

[@WorkinfortheWild]

I think 11.5 would fit just fine! We saw rigs larger than ours doing the parkway. Definitely recommend it.

[@robynidyllwild6755]

And 2:40 seconds in, you have nailed exactly why we got rid of our adorable 2005 trailer and now why we have a 2018 Winnebago Travato Van. I do miss the little extra room we had in our 18 foot trailer. Even though the van is 21 feet. Now when it says no RV’s I am like…I’m a van and in we go! I like the van, but liked the trailer too.

[@WorkinfortheWild]

Haha yes I totally get that! I don't think we could live out of a van...but it would be great to have one for shorter trips for sure! We actually would like a slightly larger trailer for full timing

[@randalldillard8228]

We owned a house on lake tohoma awsome place in the pisgah national forest its on the road to my mitchell

[@BestNCBBQ]

OMG… you guys are near me! Welcome to NC. Hope you guys love the Smokey Mountains and the BR Parkway. We have driven from one end to the other ourselves.

[@WorkinfortheWild]

We loved NC! I was so impressed by the mountains, which is saying a lot for someone who just moved from Colorado :)

[@tonyrigato3908]

Hello from Michigan I am doing the same trip in June 2023 in my 2010 Camaro SS me and mother nature, yours is one of the best BRP videos I've watched so far Thank you!! Tony

[@WorkinfortheWild]

Thank you so much!! I'm jealous you'll be doing it with a car and NOT towing 6,000 pounds around! :) It wasn't too bad with the RV, but it definitely didn't make things easier. Have a great time on your trip!

[@tonyrigato3908]

@@WorkinfortheWild Nice to hear back from you 2 I can't wait last year I did Rt.66 from Chicago to Oklahoma City but? Missouri was under water and New Mexico was on fire Ouch........................... it was still agreat trip. bye for now Tony

[@carlnyberg2934]

I wish you had stays at the wonderful campgrounds on the BRP!

[@keithramsdell2691]

Glad to see you’re utilizing Harvest Host. Don’t forget to buy some alpaca socks one day! Our school year home base is in WNC. If you pass through again, I’d camp at Julian Price Lake Campground so that you can be trailer-less to go to The Chalet in Little Switzerland for lunch with an amazing view. You can also spend the day (or more) in Blowing Rock. So much to do in the cute mountain towns in WNC.

[@WorkinfortheWild]

Great info! We've had some good luck lately with Harvest Host and occasionally Boondockers Welcome. I was hesitant at first to pay for something without knowing how often we'd use it.

[@barbarasidelko1682]

Take Me Home, Country Roads. Excellent video as always. We for the most part did the same as you all up to the blue ridge parkway. For that reason I can vouch you nailed it. This was my first travels back east. Bar Harbor RV park. Lets see not a bee sting but rather my husband got a tick bite. Yikes!! I tried not to scream but the thing was lodged into his upper thigh. The crowds were crazy. Loved Shenandoah National Park (sky-ridge road). We did head back west to Colorado. Looking forward to your next video. You are now plowing new ground for me. Oh, love the hats.

[@WorkinfortheWild]

Oh no! I just got a tick bite while we were on the blue ridge parkway, actually! It was somehow lodged into my back. Not fun! Were you guys at the same campground in Bar Harbor as us?

[@barbarasidelko1682]

@@WorkinfortheWild We were. My ears perked up when you mentioned it. Nice laundry. We took the L.L Bean sponsored bus (shuttle). Crowded. We also drove the less crowded Schoodic Peninsula drive. Schoodic Point was spectacular. Side note: made a side trip to the L. L. Bean store. Heck no! Beyond crowded.

[@amandastansberry7646]

I’m screaming you ate at Los Arcois!! I went to college at Appalachian State and it was so sweet to see you at the Viaduct and Grandfather :)

[@WorkinfortheWild]

Haha it was delicious! We were definitely pleasantly surprised

[@bdavisk]

Wow. At 10:39, i got chills. Seeing Cole run free down the hill with unparalleled joy in his face; happy tears. Also, a diet 7Up sighting.

[@codybrousek4815]

It was the big ol' smile and "we did it" at 33:31 that did it for me!

[@bdavisk]

@@codybrousek4815 almost as amazing as when Kamala Harris said it. Joyful exuberance

[@UnknownSpirit222]

I’m traveling the Blue Ridge Parkway in the summer of 2024. Thanx for the idea’s. I saved it, so I can remember to stop at some of these beautiful places. How’s the cell services? Should I bring a map?

[@MrSnotsucker1]

Love the way you are following iconic drives. Please keep it up, consider Route 66?

[@WorkinfortheWild]

It does feel like we've done a lot of iconic drives, doesn't it? They're super fun, but we wouldn't mind a break from the winding roads for a while!

[@kennethwilliams5407]

The parkway is near where we live and enjoy visiting there. Have never traveled the whole way. Maybe some day.

[@WorkinfortheWild]

Such a beautiful area! Are you on the Virginia or NC side?

[@kennethwilliams5407]

@@WorkinfortheWild Really close to Pilot Mt. State Park, about 25 min. from the Parkway. If you are ever back this way we have a camper spot with 50 amp, water and sewer that ya'll could use for a few days. We are close to Hanging Rock and Stone Mt. State Parks also. About 30 min. from each

[@herpiggy4857]

This is the first of Your videos I have seen and thoroughly enjoyed it. I have driven thee tire Parkway but never all in one trip. Have also ridden several hundred miles of it bicycling. Great video and will be looking at your other ones also. Would You tell us where You are from (approximately if concerned about safety) please?

[@WorkinfortheWild]

That's awesome! So glad you found our little channel. I was very impressed by all the bicyclists we saw on the parkway. I'm originally from Minnesota, but Cole and I most recently lived in Colorado.

[@eugenewilliams-lf5mw]

Loved the video. I was just wondering if you could tell me where you were camping at the morning after Mount Mitchell? It looks like you were backed up to a light trying to plan a trip in the fall and looking for overnight parking. Thank you.

[@WorkinfortheWild]

It was actually a KOA in Asheville! We got super lucky with that spot

[@eugenewilliams-lf5mw]

Ok thanks enjoying your journeys.

[@bobabooie6389]

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[@gfaucett]

I see you are towing a small trailer. We have a 36' fifth wheel. So when you say, "You can take RVs here..." does this mean our size?

[@johnpossible6292]

I wasn’t sure if you could tow a travel trailer on the blue ridge parkway but I guess you can. Are there campgrounds along the rt? In 2024 me and my wife are traveling to Pensacola Fla in our travel trailer from Connecticut and we’re thinking about taking the BRP on our way there. Anything I should no in advance before we consider taking that Rt?

[@WorkinfortheWild]

It was actually much easier than we were expecting! The biggest challenge was finding RV friendly parking along the way.

[@johnpossible6292]

@@WorkinfortheWild thanks for the reply. When you say RV friendly parking do you mean the pull offs and pull overs or do you mean the lack of campgrounds along that route?

[@05Elantra98GSGang]

I’m going to do this drive hopefully by the end of May! I had my ex girlfriend break up with me for someone else last year than my pet caught cancer and passed away an immediately after we found out my mom had terminal cancer an had only months left to live an she passed away so it’s been a very hard year and I usually go on a road trip once a year an last year I didn’t go had too much going on an since my birthday is May 15 I’m going to go for my birthday! All the way from NJ the Jersey Shore where the show was filmed going to camp at the beginning of the Parkway in Virginia an take 2 days to drive down the parkway and camp one night along the way until I hit Asheville or Cherokee.. And maybe when I’m done if I feel up to it go down to St.Augustine FL to visit my friend for a few days than drive the 1000 miles back home to NJ… Me and my ex GF were supposed to take this drive together down the Blue Ridge and go to the Gatlinburg Sky Bridge but she left me for someone else so it’s going to stir up some emotions going on this trip but I need it after what I’ve been through all of 2023… Thanks for the video there aren’t many out there about the Blue Ridge I’m going to try and film my own video to post as well and might buy a camera to take good photos as well

[@janicerobin7868]

I wanted to see more of the foliage instead of seeing the couple talking, but thank you

[@WorkinfortheWild]

You’re welcome

[@yulandasoscia2211]

Hi Rachel and Cole, I am from TopTes about gas leak detectors. We sent you a collaboration request via email, could you tell us what you think? 😊😊

[@brianflynn2883]

Trailer haulers. UGH

[@WorkinfortheWild]

Not sure what this means. But okay!

[@user-qw3qb4qb2f]

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