RE: Driving on the Blue Ridge Parkway
A lot of films have been made in North Carolina. Some people called Wilmington, NC the Hollywood of the East Coast because many filming projects are done there. We had a governor who kind of hurt the film industry here though. He put a tax on it, and then he started a law that transgendered people cannot go into bathrooms of their preference, but have to go into the bathroom of the gender they were born with. It pissed off a lot of celebrities and people in show business, so people actually start boycotting filming here for a while. Let's just say that governor didn't get voted back in. A lot of works were taken down to Georgia instead, and I feel like Georgia maybe the new place to go to film on the East Coast.
That was a terrible experience for you. I hate to hear that you had an experience like that. I hope you didn't get hurt too badly!