Blue Ridge Parkway/skyline drive

Almost every trip is worth doing once in your lifetime. Living near the BRP, and not far from its junction with the Skyline Drive, I've been on both often over the years. A 25 foot C with no toad should have no problems. Do watch for clearance issues with tunnels, however.

The Wally's in Roanoke is not all that close to the Parkway, however. I'd highly recommend springing for the $16 overnight fee at one of the no-hookup campgrounds right along the parkway instead.

As others have pointed out, both the BRP and the SD are slow drives. Both would be closed entirely for snow, but this is not likely in April. Stop often and enjoy the views.

The Blue Ridge Parkway is some 460 miles long and has a small no-hookup camp ground about every 50 miles along the way. There is sometimes a way-station located near the camp ground with fuel for your truck. One of our most enjoyable camp ground on the Virginia Skyline drive side is Loft Mountain - again no hookups...

The speed limit is max at 45MPH and a whole lot of 20-25mph going around sharp curves and thru tunnels and via-docks... At dust the roads become dangerous trying not to hit the wildlife running across the road...

It is a Motorcycle haven and alot of slow moving traffic with cars pulled off just about anywhere getting a good photo of something neat to see... There is surprising some bicycle traffic on the parkway.

You don't see many large RV's on it... You also need to plan your exits and only the main exits where major roadway cross the parkway are designed with easy access. Just don't think you can take any exit to get off the parkway with a large RV as you will find sharp winding curves and steep inclines usually at the top near the parkway and might be where you don't want to be with your large RV... I suspect there is only 3-4 places to get gasoline on the whole parkway without driving down to the local towns on the main roads in the valley.

We have driven the whole length a couple of times. It is perfect for tent camping and lives up to its beautiful scenery with lots of rocks and mountain living experiences... I was pulling my OFF-ROAD POPUP Camper on the last time we drove most of the entire length between Virginia and North Carolina.

Very enjoyable trip if you have lots of time on your hands and like to explore things.

Roy Ken

Keep in mind that Skyline Drive's speed limit is 30 mph. It is a fairly easy drive in a Class C, but will take about 3+ hours to drive the whole 150 miles.

oh, yeah, sorry....25 foot class c with no toad

And we would overnight somewhere along the way (maybe walmart roanoak)

Donna

Very nice...but what are you driving?

I drove it part of the way. I wouldn't do the whole thing myself at one time.
bumpy