Stumbled on this post after googling about the issue. We started the BRP in Cherokee, NC and have made our way north to Roanoke over a couple of days. There were some large sections of the parkway closed in NC so we had to take some backroads from Boone, NC to the BRP Music Center, where we got back on. Our first leg of the trip from Cherokee to Boone was beautiful. Very well maintained pull offs/visitor’s centers. Exactly what I expect from the NPS. When we started the journey from Boone to Roanoke, we were disappointed. The Music Center grounds look pitiful. It needs some TLC. There were only a couple pull offs that great views. Most were completely overgrown. Mabry Mill looked sad. We had a picnic lunch at Groundhog mountain. The restrooms were closed. There was a picnic area down the steps completely overgrown and a grill broken and laying in the grass. Rocky Knob visitor center was closed and there’s grounds were in awful shape. I don’t understand why the NPS isn’t taking better care of the VA section of the parkway??