Moses Cone MST Hike East

Sunday, we drove to Blowing Rock and had breakfast at Blowing Rock Market.  Then we drove to the manor house at Moses Cone Memorial Park.  Today, we were going to continue eastbound along the Mountains-to-Sea Trail.  There was construction ongoing at the manor house.

We headed east along Watkin Road, part of the carriage trail system.

There were some wildflowers blooming along the trail.

We also saw a few blooms on the rhododendron.

The road headed down via switchbacks and passed a lake, though it was fenced off.  After crossing Penley Branch, it ended at Camp Catawba Road.

The MST continued on this road and then took US-321 back to the Blue Ridge Parkway.  We turned around here and headed back.

Back at the car, we headed into town for lunch at Blowing Rock Brewery.  It was dog friendly and we could eat outside.  The food was excellent and good beer too.  Heading home, we took the Blue Ridge Parkway to US-421 and made a stop at Grandview Overlook for one last mountain view.

Then we drove the rest of the way home.