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I have to be thankful I finally got to take my fall drive through the mountains!1. Yesterday we took a lovely October drive through the mountains of SW Virginia! At first the color was rather dull ,but the farther we drove we saw some lovely hues of autumn!This drive along Rt 42 is one of the most scenic drives through the mountains..
3. Of course, the further afield we wandered, the colors became more vibrant!
4. We do not see much golden yellow around here, because a blight came through a few years ago and killed off the Silver and Norwegian maples!
5. On our way back home we cycled back through Blacksburg, home of VT where our daughter graduated form college. Below is one of her dorms
Eggleston Dorm
A section of the beautiful architecture, the campus library
I have to be thankful I finally got to take my fall drive through the mountains!1. Yesterday we took a lovely October drive through the mountains of SW Virginia! At first the color was rather dull ,but the farther we drove we saw some lovely hues of autumn!This drive along Rt 42 is one of the most scenic drives through the mountains..
2. We were thinking we were pretty late to capture the color, as many maples had already dropped leaves!
Above is the Virginia Tech War Memorial located at the end of the drill field,, sort of hard to capture on film because of heavy traffic during mid afternoon... beneath this is the gorgeous and serene War Memorial Chapel where Amanda and Joshua were married!
Lovely photos!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great ride. The trees are so pretty. I love that glorious chapel.. just so wonderful. Hope you have a lovely weekend.
ReplyDeleteSuch pretty pics!!
ReplyDeleteI do have to correct you though. You mentioned on my blog that you are coming north to MA and going through the Adks. Um. No!!! Hahaha the Adirondacks are no where near MA!!!! Our mountains are smack dab in upstate NY which is north of where i live here in the capital region ( Albany/saratoga). If you're coming from down south you are most likely passing through the Alleganies of PA and/or the Catskills of southern NYS. Also the Berkshires which are in western MA and are much smaller than the Adks. Depending on what route you take you definitely won't be going through the Adks! They are located about 40 min north of where i live and go all the way to just below Canada and as far west as central NYS ( just before Utica/Syracuse. Western NY is flat. Where in MA will you be going?? The western edge of MA is about an hour east of our home. And about two hours south-east of,the Adks. 🤣
Look on google maps at NY and New England and you'll see what i mean.
Enjoy your time up here but keep in mind that most of us are now past peak color. The western part of MY is at peak now, as they are lower in elevation. Where in MA will you be? Our fave is Boston and the north shore.
I stand corrected.. I have never been north of Albany which is how we travel up 87 to 90 and straight across MA to Boston..I do realize the peak has passed.. Our NE trip for fall foliage was a real bust.. We left here in early October on the 4th a couple of eyars ago and went to NH and Vermont.. THe maples were past and the oaks hadnt started to turn. Very disappointing. Our daughter lives outisde of BOston... goes to church at Park Street in Boston on the common!
Deletewe LOVE the Park Street church!!! We went to some kind of organ concert there once for First Night!! Yeah, the peak season for color in NH and VT seems to be the weekend of Columbus Day usually unless a cold snap happens before that. For the ADKS (you have GOT to visit them sometime!!) the peak season depends on which region of the ADKS you're in. The northern region is late Sept. The high peaks region (where I do a lot of hiking) is COlumbus Day weekend, The central region/Eastern region was last weekend, and the western/southern region was last weekend with some vibrant color still present. I do most of my hiking in the Central region or Central-northern. It's a 6 million acre park so the biggest this side of the mississippi and there are over 1000 lakes to hike to!! some you can't even get to unless you bushwhack! If you ever come north of Albany, let me know! would love to meety ou!!
DeleteLove your blog!!
Next time you drive there the trees will be all naked ! That's why I don't like fall ! It's the way to winter I prefer spring and summer !
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful drive! We had not had much color here, but yesterday I saw more. I wished I could have taken pictures, but I was alone in the car with no good place to pull over. It did my heart good, though.
ReplyDeleteThat was a beautiful drive! Thanks for sharing it with us!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for sharing your journey. I felt like I was right there with you guys experiencing all those beautiful colors. So glad you were able to find these leafy surprises even though it’s late in the season. Have a great week. Where I live in Northern California there are not a lot of trees that turn these brilliant colors.
ReplyDeleteSuch lovely fall colors! The reds! We don't have so much red in my parts.
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