A Fall Journey

Today I took a fall journey with my sister and a friend. First the weather report, woke up in Greenville to a temperature of 49 degrees, chilly! Beautiful day for the ride, warmed up to mid to upper 60's partly to mostly sunny, it changes depending where you are in the mountains. Drove the Blue Ridge Parkway from Ashville to Little Switzerland for lunch. The colors were great in the lower elevations but just about gone in the higher elevations. We lucked out at Mount Mitchell which is 6700 feet above sea level and is the highest elevation in the east. The sun was shining and the winds were light, it was gorgeous! Anyone else been up there? They just finished a new observation area in January and it is really nice. The good thing about sightseeing on a Monday is there weren't many crowds any place we went, didn't have to wait for lunch at Little Switzerland, no problem parking at Mt. Mitchell or any of the scenic overlooks. Couldn't have had a nicer day, we all just had a sweater or light jacket. Lot's of pictures were taken and I'll see if I can get them on here to share. Anyone else been on the Blue Ridge Parkway? We (my sister) drove a little over 200 miles. I hate to drive and she is such a trooper. I got my fix of fall colors, NOT, I can't get enough! Tomorrow it is off to Atlanta, for business and hopefully some fun along the way, when I'm with my Sis it is always fun! Tomorrow they are calling for rain, a cold front is passing thru, weathergirl is predicting we make it to Atlanta ahead of the front and it passes thru while we are there, then when we are headed home, we would miss the showers associated with it, let's hope so, wish us luck!