Another blue sky day offers gorgeous contrast for the colorful foliage. With perfect weather and pretty scenes, it was another busy day, too! Lots of folks were enjoying the parks, walking the sidewalks, and visiting businesses. This season has brought a lot of people...
Beautiful day for a hike along Rich Mountain Trail! There was plenty of color to enjoy on maples, oaks, and beech trees. It does seem like winds early in the week came through some spots, thinning swaths of foliage. That just means fresh leaves to crunch through on...
Otter Falls is in nearby Seven Devils, and the trail was golden with fall foliage today! The Otter Falls Trail is accessible right off Skyland Drive and signage makes it easy to find the parking area. The network of trails offers various paths to enjoy the woodlands...
Today’s feature photo is from the Boone Greenway, at the park behind the Watauga County Recreation Center. While fall foliage is peaking at higher elevations in the area, locations closer to 3000 feet will follow soon. The windy conditions earlier in the week...
Just south of the Boone’s Trace Overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway, this view rolls out across a pasture. There is a wooded area that provides an beautiful show of fall color right along the roadside. These photos were taken in the afternoon. It’s clear...
Today’s featured image was taken on the Sim’s Creek Bridge on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Blowing Rock. It’s between Moses Cone Park and Julian Price Park, and there’s a parking area just before the bridge when heading south. The parking area...
