Bryan Mims shares the fall splendor on the Blue Ridge Parkway
ON YOUR FORECASTS, COMING UP
COULD HAPPEN TO WRITE ABOUT NOW
FILLING THEM OUT COLORS IT IS
ALMOST LIKE THE LEAVES ARE ON
FIRE AT THIS.
>> THE ENTIRE STRETCH OF THE
PARKWAY HERE IN NORTH CAROLINA
IS GIVING OCTOBER'S TRUE COLORS.
TODAY, WE ARE GOING TO STUDY
THEIR VIEWS TOWARDS GRANDFATHER
MOUNTAIN.
>> I AM STANDING ALONG THE
VIRGINIA STATE LINE MORE THAN
200 MILES NORTH OF THE GREAT
SMOKY MOUNTAINS, MY DESTINATION.
MY PLAN IS TO LET THE BLUE
RIDGE PARKWAY SPLASH OCTOBER
REDS AND YELLOWS ACROSS MY
WINDSHIELD AND THE CAMERA LENS.
I DO HOPE YOU ENJOY THE SHOW.
>> JUST AS I GET THE SHOW ON
THE ROAD, I STOP. THE LEAVES
ARE SPARKING AND THE ROAD GOES
ON THE NEEDS THE WHITE PINES
AND OAKS THE SCENERY STOPPED
TRAFFIC. AT AN OVERLOOK PAST
U.S. 421, A CHAT WITH JULIE FOX
WELL.
SHE AND HER DOG GUS RODE UP.
>> I HAD THE DAY OFF AND WANTED
TO SEE SOME PRETTY COLORS.
FALL FINALLY GOT HERE, SO I
WANTED TO COME ENJOY IT.
>> IF ONLY MORE ROADS COULD BE
LIKE THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY.
ALL OF THAT LITTERS THIS
ROADSIDE AS THE CARPET OF LEAVES
CRINKLING LIKE PAPIER-MBCHI THE
FLOWERING YOUTH MAY BE THE
POETS LOVE LANGUAGE, BUT THE
OCTOBER SCARLET AND GOLD ARE
MOST ROMANTIC AS A BACKDROP.
>> CHELSEA AND CALEB ARE
TOASTING THEIR 13th WEDDING
ANNIVERSARY WITH THE PICNIC ON
THE PARKWAY.
>> I'M ENJOYING W TRYING TO SEE
ALL OF THE BEAUTIFUL COLORS.
>> THE COLORS GROW MORE
BRILLIANT THE FARTHER SOUTH AND
HIGHER UP I GO.
I STOPPED TO SAVOR THE SHADES
THEN IT IS ONWARD TO THE MOST
ICONIC SPAN OF THE BLUE RIDGE
PARKWAY THE VIADUCT WITH
CURVING CONCRETE FLOWING AROUND
GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN.
WHERE RIGHT LEAVES MINGLE WITH
THE DARK GREEN AND HOAX OF
GRANITE RESIDE OVER THE SLOPES.
THIS ROAD, THIS SPLENDID ROAD
CARRIES US ON.
>> THE VIEWS THAT YOU SEE IN
THE DISTANCE, I THINK OUR
MOUNTAINS ARE SO BEAUTIFUL ALL
SEASONS BUT PARTICULARLY IN THE
FALL.
>> WE WILL KEEP ON GOING TO SEE
WHAT BEAUTY LIES AROUND THOSE
ENDLESS BINS.