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10-11-2014, 03:52 PM | #1 |
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Fall in the mountains.
While I spend most of my time in Chapel Hill, NC, I typically spend the weekends with family in southwestern Virginia. This time of year (and this year in particular), the fall colors are astonishing. I took my dad for a ride through some winding back roads, and he showed me some new ones with hairpin corners tighter than I ever thought possible. One of my favorite parts of the drive is only a few miles from their house. Instinctively, I knew this weekend would be peak for pictures. And the weather was just right.
A storm rolled through last night leaving us a bit overcast with some diffused lighting. This is my favorite because the fall colors really pop! Driving over mountains for an hour and a half just enjoying the weather and feeling the road was the most humbling and tangible experience yet in my car. I look forward to the next scenic ride, which will probably be every weekend as the leaves continue to change! I hope to see scenic pics from others as fall makes it's way to the lower altitudes!
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Hmmm bottom picture looks like something out of an initial d movie
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Touge calling me
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I plan to take pictures up at Bear Mountain, which should be just as scenic as your picture!
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Thanks for the replies, guys!
Bear mountain should be gorgeous right now; I was in Manhattan a few weeks ago and Central Park was already beginning to show her true colors. Lol
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Gorgeous.
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Thanks again for the compliments! I'm looking forward to more weekends and more beautiful photo sessions during my favorite time of year.
I'm hoping next spring (end of March) to go up to Washington DC for the Cherry Blossom Festival for my birthday and get some shots in up there as well. After that... the beach? lol
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awesome photos!
as much as Fall is such a beautiful time of the year around here, it just reminds me that Winter is right about the corner and i absolutely HATE winter!!! |
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I drove to watkins glen a couple weeks ago and the leaves were already changing. I was looking at weather today and it was 36 degrees there already.
Winter is coming.
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Ugh, winter. I'll be storing my car in North Carolina when the time comes because winter is at least a month shorter down there!
I used to love winter--cold, crisp days; fresh powder; skiing... but then I realized bikini bodies go away in the winter, and that's just sad. Haha
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I have 2 track events left this year, last week october and first weekend november. Then my car will be kept in corner of driveway anytime salted roads are expected since I don't want salt on my AP racing brakes. But its outside, so will be covered in snow. I don't mind tho because I have another car I can drive and since I attend track events, I can't get that satisfaction driving on the street. So driving a slow daly is a benefit to me, saves me from reckless driving tickets
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I don't know why you'd store your car in NC for the Winter. I drive year-round, as do most folks here, and no problems. We have a house near Boone, and there are some great roads around there, especially 194, and Meat Camp road. I don't drive my FR-S up there after end of November though. It can get scary. Drive it!
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