“Views in North Carolina from October 2009” (By: Michele Babcock-Nice)

October 2009 Autumn Leaves in North Carolina

October 2009 Autumn Leaves in North Carolina

Included in this article is a collection of photographs that I took while on a weekend vacation to North Carolina in October 2009.  The pictures are those that I took in Waynesville, along the Blue Ridge Parkway between Waynesville to Asheville, Asheville, and near Bryson City.  Though the views are extremely beautiful, they are much more breath-taking in person.  Photographs included are those of trees with leaves in various colors, creeks, my son, and my son at the Biltmore Estate in Asheville.  Enjoy!

October 2009 Autumn Leaves in North Carolina

October 2009 Autumn Leaves in North Carolina

October 2009 Autumn Leaves in North Carolina

October 2009 Autumn Leaves in North Carolina

October 2009 Autumn Leaves in North Carolina

October 2009 Autumn Leaves in North Carolina

October 2009 Autumn Leaves in North Carolina

October 2009 Autumn Leaves in North Carolina

October 2009 Autumn Leaves in North Carolina

October 2009 Autumn Leaves in North Carolina

October 2009 Autumn Leaves in North Carolina

October 2009 Autumn Leaves in North Carolina

October 2009 Autumn Leaves in North Carolina

October 2009 Autumn Leaves in North Carolina

October 2009 Autumn Leaves in North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains

October 2009 Autumn Leaves in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains

October 2009 Autumn Leaves in North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains

October 2009 Autumn Leaves in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains

October 2009 Autumn View in North Carolina

October 2009 Autumn View in North Carolina

Stream in the Blue Ridge Mountains, NC, October 2009

Stream in the Blue Ridge Mountains, NC, October 2009

Creek in the Blue Ridge Mountains, NC, October 2009

Creek in the Blue Ridge Mountains, NC, October 2009

Creek in the Blue Ridge Mountains, NC, October 2009

Creek in the Blue Ridge Mountains, NC, October 2009

How the time goes by so quickly!  I can hardly believe that three years have already passed since taking this vacation and these photographs!  My son has asked to visit the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina each year now for the past couple of years, though due to the expense, it is not something that we can regularly do.  Hopefully, sometime when he is older and we are in an improved financial position, we can visit it again.  It is amazing!

I hope you have enjoyed this collection of autumn photos from my travels in North Carolina in October 2009.  The changing of the seasons is really beautiful, particularly with the varied leaf colors that can be viewed every year at this time in the Blue Ridge and Great Smoky Mountains.  The leaves are probably at their peak colors right now, so it is a great time to go and visit the mountains in North Carolina!