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"People are always asking me where to take vacation. What’s a cool place? What’s the most scenic drive?" WRAL News Anchor Bill Leslie attempts to answer those questions and others in his Carolina Conversations blog.

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Glade Valley sunrise

Morning Colors

Posted: October 6, 2009

I was a little disappointed with the fall colors this past weekend.  John and Debbie Neel joined Cindy and me for a Nature Conservancy hike up Big Yellow Mountain in Avery County on across the Appalachian Trail down the Overmountain Victory Trail into Tennessee.  The colors seem to be about a week later than last year.  The weather was wonderful and the hike was invigorating but I really wanted to see more autumn hues than were available. That was Saturday.  The picture I have included here was from Sunday morning just before sunrise outside my cabin in Glade Valley.

I took this picture with my new Canon wide-angle lens recommended by WRAL photographer Jeff Reeves.  The sky more than made up for the lack of autumnal leaf activity.  You can make out Pilot Mountain in poking up in the distance.  

My father used to say that if you wanted to find God, go to the mountains and watch the sun rise.  Now I know what he meant by that. 

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I just cannot spell ... the loyalists. Bethabara!!!
donnaaa
October 12, 2009 7:03 p.m.
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oops... tory escapee.. you know, they loyalist prisoners marched back to Bathabara in 1780..
donnaaa
October 12, 2009 3:26 p.m.
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And on the Overmountain Victory Trail!!! Yay!! www.nps.gov/ovvi or www.ovta.org or www.ovta-org.blogspot.com

I know, but OVTA just introduced about 9,000 kids to walking on trails these last two weeks. In Elkin we had 260+ students and adults. They enjoyed walking it and interacting with the revolutionary war re-enactors. As the students surrounded a troy escapee and determined to offer him a parole to fight on our side, the trail was not necessarily quiet this past Friday.

I was however, up at sunrise, popping up tents and posting signs. It was peaceful if not colorful. Sunrise is good everywhere in NC... :-)
donnaaa
October 12, 2009 3:20 p.m.
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Make that "live" in a state. Sorry!
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October 6, 2009 5:16 p.m.
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It's great to leave in a state where we can enjoy fiery skies in both the mountains and the coast.
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October 6, 2009 4:06 p.m.
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I'll take the beach sunrises and sunsets every time.
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October 6, 2009 3:35 p.m.
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I'm a North Carolina native and have never been to the mountains. Tragic, I know! :-(
westoflyra
October 6, 2009 12:52 p.m.
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I know you mountain folk think you have cornered the market on sunrises and sunsets, but we have some pretty good ones at the beach, too.
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October 6, 2009 11:22 a.m.
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We'll be making two trips to Boone next week. I'm hoping we'll see lots of color by then--and that we'll catch a couple of chilly sunrises. Your photo made me think of the hymn "How Great Thou Art."
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October 6, 2009 10:42 a.m.
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Your father was right. A mountain sunrise is awe-inspiring every time.
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