"Smoky Mountain Crow"

A crow sitting on a fence post looking across Cades Cove in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

"Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail"

A nice drive thru Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail this past October. I know the fall colors are gone now. I will try to make this my last fall color post, but with 74 degree temps in December, I can only hope for snow ...... 

Here I'm in the

"Great Smoky Mountains National Park"

"Eight Pointer"

Eight point buck in a field in Cades Cove, in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

"Broyhill Park"

"Broyhill Park", in downtown Blowing Rock, North Carolina.

"Fall on the Parkway"

Fall in all it's glory! A view from the Blue Ridge Parkway between Grandfather Mountain and Blowing Rock, North Carolina.

"What You Lookin' At?"

Don't know if he was trying to smile, or just expressing attitude! Either way, his aggression made it hard to get a better picture. A spider defending his moss covered rock in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

"A View From Roaring Fork"

 Looking out across the Smoky Mountains from one of my favorite spots! Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park!

"Gatlinburg, Tn."

Looking down on Gatlinburg, Tn. from an overlook on the bypass. In the Great Smoky Mountains National Park!

"Across the Meadow - Grandfather Mountain"

Looking across the meadow at Grandfather Mountain. Just off the Blue Ridge Parkway near Linnville, N.C.

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"On Walker Mountain"

Sun shining down through the trees from the top of Walker Mountain near Hungry Mother Park in Smyth County, Va.

"Steele Creek, Too!"

Same scene that I posted yesterday just a little different angle. Steele Creek Park in Bristol, Tn.

"Steele Creek Park"

You can still find just a little bit of fall color hanging on here and there in the Mountain Empire! Steele Creek Park in Bristol, Tn. this afternoon.

"Steele Creek Park"

Fall in the Mountain Empire comes and goes way too fast. Here is one refusing to give it up, yet! Along the lakeside trail at Steele Creek Park in Bristol, Tn.

"Fall on the Blue Ridge Pkwy."

View from the Blue Ridge Parkway between Grandfather Mountain and Blowing Rock, N.C.

"Hungry Mother State Park"

Looking down the lake at Hungry Mother State Park in Smyth County, Va. near Marion. Fall is in full swing here!

"Smyth County, Va."

Looking out into Smyth County, Va. and beyond from a pull off on the crest of the mountain as you enter into Hungry Mother Park on Hwy. 16 going towards Marion.

"Not Just A Tree"

Not just an ordinary tree. This tree has personality! At Laurel Knob Overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina.

"The Tree"

Probably the most photographed tree in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, "The Tree" on the loop in Cades Cove, just doin' what  trees do!

"Into the Sky"

It's starting to look like fall y'all! Going north on the Blue Ridge Parkway just past the Linn Cove Viaduct the road just seems to drive off into the sky!

"Price Lake"

Looking across the lake at Julian Price Memorial Park on the Blue Ridge Parkway near Blowing Rock, N.C. A really beautiful fall day for a ride on the "Ridge"!