Driving the Blue Ridge Highway in a Class C?
Hi all: We are planning a drive from Maine to Florida in late June, which we have done a couple times but always take the shortest I95 route. This time I am considering taking 3 or 4 days to get fro...
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As noted above, yes you "can" make the trip in your C but... the driver needs to be 100% focused on the road, not the sights as there is little if any room for error. The speed limit on Skyline Drive is 35 and 25 will be the norm. The limit ups to 45 for sections of the BRP but you will average around 30. There are lots of pullouts to enable the backed up traffic to get by and the driver can actually enjoy the views.
I would not drive either in anything over 30' (+/-) and pulling a toad will make you longer than the road was engineered for. If you have to "crowd" the centerline (as in cross over it), you DO NOT belong on that road (crossing over a double yellow line for any reason is stupid, dangerous and illegal). If you get off the parkway at Asheville you will avoid the two or three lower height tunnels and will have seen 95% of the parkway.
It is a tossup as to what is more spectacular, the views or the engineering that went into its construction. Considering how many years ago it was built the BRP is nothing short of amazing. We spent a week last May in our 24' C getting on northbound at Asheville and continuing up through Shenandoah NP (Skyline Drive), and it was one of the highlights of our 2 month, 7,500 mile, 22 state trip.
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I would not drive either in anything over 30' (+/-) and pulling a toad will make you longer than the road was engineered for. If you have to "crowd" the centerline (as in cross over it), you DO NOT belong on that road (crossing over a double yellow line for any reason is stupid, dangerous and illegal). If you get off the parkway at Asheville you will avoid the two or three lower height tunnels and will have seen 95% of the parkway.
It is a tossup as to what is more spectacular, the views or the engineering that went into its construction. Considering how many years ago it was built the BRP is nothing short of amazing. We spent a week last May in our 24' C getting on northbound at Asheville and continuing up through Shenandoah NP (Skyline Drive), and it was one of the highlights of our 2 month, 7,500 mile, 22 state trip.
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