Blue Ridge Parkway views
Fall color in the North Carolina mountains is becoming apparent. At mid-elevations along the Blue Ridge Parkway, the color is spectacular. Higher up, it's still early; lower down, drought stress may diminish the usual clear yellows, defaulting to brown.
But yesterday, it was spectacular north of Devil's Courthouse and Graveyard Fields.
Hemlocks are gray ghosts, felled by woolly adelgids |