Fall Color Explodes on the Blue Ridge Parkway

It is no secret that if you want to see leaves, the North Carolina Mountains offer some of the finest "leaf-viewing" opportunities in the United States. My lovely husband suggested that since we are only a 90 minute drive from all of the splendor, that we should take the opportunity to go enjoy the nature around us.

On one of the final weekends in October, Tim and I hopped into the car and took a drive. We drove up to Boone, NC--the home of Appalachian State University. Their campus is awesome. it is tucked in the top of the Appalachian Mountains. This little mountain town has a quaint little city district and fun little restaurants. Tim and I agreed that we need to come up there more often. After enjoying Boone for a few hours, Tim and I merged onto the famous Blue Ridge Parkway. The mountains were absolutely EXPLODING in color around us. Tim and I kept commenting about how gorgeous everything was. It was definitely one of those moments that we wished that our friends and family were with us so that they could experience the same things that we were. We took a ton of pictures because we want to give you a "taste" of the sights--Hopefully it will convince you to come and visit us so that we can experience everything together.

There are stops about every mile on the Blue Ridge Parkway. This was our first stop...Clear Lake Park...During the summer, i would love to jump right in!

Black and White Shot of Clear Lake

Tim posing in the fun scenery

Color and beauty was all around us. This shot was taken while driving down the parkway.

Overlooking the valley below...You can see why they call this part of the Appalachian Mountains the Blue Mountains. The Mountains in the distance appear to be blue!
They same shot can look so spooky in black and white.

More shots of the Blue Ridge Valleys Below.

The tough thing about being just the two of us is that we rarely get pictures of us together. Me with the valley in the distance. (Pardon my hair--we got up early and jumped into the car so we could have a full day)

Tim with the same valley below.

To be specific...the Wilson Creek Valley

We continued to press on to Grandfather Mountain. You can see the view of Grandfather Mountain in the Distance! So pretty.

A Splash of Color

I just had to shoot this tree. It had the reddest leaves that I have ever seen!

Minus the power lines in this shot, it is my favorite shot of the day...You can see fall taking hold and can see the mountains going on for the infinite distance!

We even had a colorful drive home.