Fall 2012 in the NC Mountains

Downstream from Pearson Falls
Blue Ridge Parkway

Looking Glass Falls

Trail to Craggy Pinnacle

Rough Ridge

Linville Falls

Macrae Meadows
In about mid October, I love to spend a few days in the North Carolina mountains.  I drove as far as Hendersonville after work on Wednesday and have been wandering through Saluda, Linville, and Boone today.  I woke very early with a plan to photograph the sunrise from Craggy Pinnacle on the Blue Ridge Parkway, but instead crawled through thick pre-dawn fog for miles.   It has been gray and misty all day and so these images reflect that.  Tomorrow should be clear …