I recognize the location of a couple of those photos...maybe more.
The last 3 are pretty easy (Barber Museum, Barber pits, Dragon), the first two...I would have guessed Blue Ridge Pkwy on the first, but since I was just there I am reminded there are no fog lines (white at roadside) only center lines on BRP. The 2nd is along some small stream, reminds me of the road to Bald River Falls but could be almost anywhere. (In reading the story I do see they stopped there.)
Great place to ride, been several years, and some plans to get there various times since have been foiled. Maybe in 2020