Our colors may be almost over up here on the Blue Ridge, but just a few miles away, fall is still putting on a spectacular show. I drove down Willis Gap and took some photos, then went to a friend’s house that sits halfway down the mountain with a view to die for. Peeking through […]
Blue Ridge Mountains
High Summer
It’s that time of year here in the mountains of southwest Virginia. Hot, humid. The air, thick with moisture, gives off the blue tint that gives name to the Blue Ridge Mountains, which scientists tell us comes from isoprene released from trees into the air. Blue haze so thick on some days we can barely see Buffalo […]