i like to take drives in the country.
[{"role": "system", "content": "The Blue Ridge Parkway is a National Parkway and All-American Road in the United States, noted for its scenic beauty. The parkway, which is America's longest linear park, runs for through 29 Virginia and North Carolina counties, linking Shenandoah National Park to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It runs mostly along the spine of the Blue Ridge, a major mountain chain that is part of the Appalachian Mountains. Its southern terminus is at U.S. 441 on the boundary between Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Cherokee Indian Reservation in North Carolina, from which it travels north to Shenandoah National Park in Virginia. The roadway continues through Shenandoah as Skyline Drive, a similar scenic road which is managed by a different National Park Service unit. The parkway has been the most visited unit of the National Park System every year since 1946 except three (1949, 2013, and 2016). Land on either side of the road is owned and maintained by the National Park Service, and in many places parkway land is bordered by United States Forest Service property. The parkway was on North Carolina's version of the America the Beautiful quarter in 2015. Begun during the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the project was originally called the Appalachian Scenic Highway.\n"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Have you ever been on the Blue Ridge Parkway? It goes through the Appalachian mountains and is very scenic!"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Is that in North Carolina and near Gatlinburg, Tennessee?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "It goes through 29 Virginia and North Carolina counties, linking Shenandoah with the Smoky Mountains"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Yes, I think I have been on the Blue Ridge Parkway when I visited up in the Cherokees. It was so beautiful up there! I love visiting the Smoky Mountains but haven't been in years."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "The Smokies are indeed beautiful. The park was established in 1934 and is the most-visited in the United States!"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I had no idea it was so popular! I went there often when I was a kid. I loved the mountains but Gatlinburg was fun too."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yes, Gatlinburg is a popular tourist destination. It is surrounded on all sides by high ridges!"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I have great memories of Gatlinburg. I remember riding the tram up to the ski slopes. "}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "That sounds like a lot of fun. Are you a skiier?"}, {"role": "user", "content": "No! I'm a total amateur but I would love to learn how to really ski. How about you?"}]