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Blue Horizons
Faces and Places from a Bicycle Journey Along the Blue Ridge Parkway
Jerry Bledsoe
Down Home Press
978-1-878086-05-1
$11.95 paperback
6 x 9
150 pages; black-and-white photos throughout
Published in 1993
Appalachian, Bio/Memoir, North Carolina
The Blue Ridge Parkway is a road unlike any other. Perhaps the world's most beautiful highway, designed only for pleasure, it wends for 470 miles through six mountain ranges in the Southern Appalachians, offering spectacular views, startling natural beauty, charming people, opportunities for adventure, and constant surprises. Author Jerry Bledsoe was drawn to the parkway from childhood, but as he approached age 50, he decided to get to know it in a more intimate way—by bicycle. This book is the story of his 17-day mountain-bike trip from one end of the parkway to the other. Ride with him. Experience his struggles, the constant ups and downs. See the wonders of nature that he encountered. Get to know the fascinating people he met. By the end, you will know the Blue Ridge Parkway as few others ever have.

Reviews
“Blue Horizons is a story of a journey. Jerry Bledsoe does a wonderful job describing his bicycle journey down the Blue Ridge Parkway. He is no iron man, so his journey is both enjoyable to read and possible for even the casual cyclist. A great book but be careful, you may find yourself saving money and calling Blue Ridge hotels to plan your own Blue Horizon experience.”
Amazon.com reviewer

Links
Visit Jerry Bledsoe’s Web site at http://www.jerrybledsoe.com/.
Also by Jerry Bledsoe:
The Angel Doll
Built on a Rock
Country Cured
Death by Journalism?
Fire in the Belly
From Whalebone to Hot House
A Gift of Angels
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