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Adventures with Barb ... chasing autumn leaves on the back roads of Bath County, Va

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6nFlkpUmpMW4uz9ADUbDtPWTYdKQhZZNLjb8Uk77p8M-22i-nLkrzb_mZP6QIoLSxLIItlHOpvHEhIjsXSzFKkJWK8rGhj68wxPwBUXq4bsQ92EPsihAGfyIsp3o2IqJdZCXd1M-WemMK/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6nFlkpUmpMW4uz9ADUbDtPWTYdKQhZZNLjb8Uk77p8M-22i-nLkrzb_mZP6QIoLSxLIItlHOpvHEhIjsXSzFKkJWK8rGhj68wxPwBUXq4bsQ92EPsihAGfyIsp3o2IqJdZCXd1M-WemMK/s400/1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Warm Springs, Virginia, on October 24, 2013. Some trees were still green, others were showcasing their color, and some were already bare. Friend Barb and I chased autumn leaves along the back roads of Bath County on a cold, blustery day.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZBDKaIu0oTbvA2ZvNPN5Fs-_NtMALef8JCNYYG_wMuRUDZziXvrGyR7jFHfRr-SOb4ofdTh6czfiHYcvExcKMAVqd_UDBEPL8G4t3Qsb88v4ZolfrKhY2W9sMT2i0Ts6kaMu0QccadBqG/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="277" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZBDKaIu0oTbvA2ZvNPN5Fs-_NtMALef8JCNYYG_wMuRUDZziXvrGyR7jFHfRr-SOb4ofdTh6czfiHYcvExcKMAVqd_UDBEPL8G4t3Qsb88v4ZolfrKhY2W9sMT2i0Ts6kaMu0QccadBqG/s320/3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Add a brisk wind to this temperatures and you end up with brrrrrr.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3BOVrevt7PEeTJXLeRspmaLJfySjxVDOD8v-IfOqYNbpRn1G16_kPFxbUmVDyqWNgJGVO1_ih8spf0f-tj9NU3vjJOjD1BYaD4p7pjRlJ-Smh0kmVopn3qDQfu4fiO8WhL8HiWxl7Dvyb/s1600/26.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3BOVrevt7PEeTJXLeRspmaLJfySjxVDOD8v-IfOqYNbpRn1G16_kPFxbUmVDyqWNgJGVO1_ih8spf0f-tj9NU3vjJOjD1BYaD4p7pjRlJ-Smh0kmVopn3qDQfu4fiO8WhL8HiWxl7Dvyb/s400/26.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Dan Ingalls Overlook at the crest of Warm Springs Mountain offered a view looking east ...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTmHpGGa3K_h4vYRdNRKedZQUfdm8k-PPMU7PHJqwIHciXZ1m-KNlObNoOgiH1h9igBvu3HAzdU8IRjVg2yqheMacMBAKsS9BW633r9FYj3BqG3BdwpjjksGrxmvpzH5nzUWq5Y7YaUS17/s1600/28.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTmHpGGa3K_h4vYRdNRKedZQUfdm8k-PPMU7PHJqwIHciXZ1m-KNlObNoOgiH1h9igBvu3HAzdU8IRjVg2yqheMacMBAKsS9BW633r9FYj3BqG3BdwpjjksGrxmvpzH5nzUWq5Y7YaUS17/s400/28.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">... and the view looking east was of the mountains we had just driven through. I liked the rays of sun coming out of the dark clouds that were spitting snow as I took the photo. The road in the right side of the picture is Rt. 39.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLrpiaWjoIA-FFUDJCuGtB9Vw_waDoaSsdJlAY9rVFNNIYPBOMzJNqp4uPA2O807LYGCM2Xh11KYX0-U85SwAkXClNtovoXyP8FqgvT2qXPnZePYrPERZz8PDWdLEeqzwr9KOdAvT39pNj/s1600/4.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLrpiaWjoIA-FFUDJCuGtB9Vw_waDoaSsdJlAY9rVFNNIYPBOMzJNqp4uPA2O807LYGCM2Xh11KYX0-U85SwAkXClNtovoXyP8FqgvT2qXPnZePYrPERZz8PDWdLEeqzwr9KOdAvT39pNj/s320/4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">A back road in Warm Springs, Virginia.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm9r3YGbP4XX8eu8U7xPQVXzEbLH5QYvHwnc7-E5JPYAXS9UmHN_GqKWNqDeJbvuVBR-twshWw-QE4P_4sf6ObysddcD4l_TPlKwVxWV5lkqNMfwhc1aOrecV9etw72TsF5ueo64DXXPxW/s1600/5.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm9r3YGbP4XX8eu8U7xPQVXzEbLH5QYvHwnc7-E5JPYAXS9UmHN_GqKWNqDeJbvuVBR-twshWw-QE4P_4sf6ObysddcD4l_TPlKwVxWV5lkqNMfwhc1aOrecV9etw72TsF5ueo64DXXPxW/s320/5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Overlooking Warm Springs on a cloudy day. Lack of sun made autumn colors more subdued.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfGeDVJHhRpAAzXH_M-BrVUgGJU0wTY4n_9-IO9JARGIGsvcQJg8QF8jWpaf8XJPCppFSXyibNFonzgvk0jrHgkli8ALgAqSCl0-T0ZGN6ZAPN7M3j1R7srP2sMH3KfNQYNUP_odZWJOc4/s1600/7.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfGeDVJHhRpAAzXH_M-BrVUgGJU0wTY4n_9-IO9JARGIGsvcQJg8QF8jWpaf8XJPCppFSXyibNFonzgvk0jrHgkli8ALgAqSCl0-T0ZGN6ZAPN7M3j1R7srP2sMH3KfNQYNUP_odZWJOc4/s320/7.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilpYp9owIPFuRnyZk-02j58UHTIs9HPF_Qw6Fehkl6hWSvIdf61UhfO9vhgnI4jfQXfLzxeZ0ncadNxCE-vnNm_OtJdOhqlkqemajFJ33HBeHa0TX7_nHxWl5Sg4nde2y1CPX0eEYKysbB/s1600/8.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilpYp9owIPFuRnyZk-02j58UHTIs9HPF_Qw6Fehkl6hWSvIdf61UhfO9vhgnI4jfQXfLzxeZ0ncadNxCE-vnNm_OtJdOhqlkqemajFJ33HBeHa0TX7_nHxWl5Sg4nde2y1CPX0eEYKysbB/s320/8.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijhMp9KwhxxjVzXmWkQHvYu5SLKXwvP9i82l1tf8WgU-tDU49tHKFfBv1RuNyCVPN655kPoFEOFNrla9qUQ9hs3d01GPKjrS5mJGImdvAKrS1-OAUivVLpwvyqTYzm_GAemOg7lmBBF6Kt/s1600/9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijhMp9KwhxxjVzXmWkQHvYu5SLKXwvP9i82l1tf8WgU-tDU49tHKFfBv1RuNyCVPN655kPoFEOFNrla9qUQ9hs3d01GPKjrS5mJGImdvAKrS1-OAUivVLpwvyqTYzm_GAemOg7lmBBF6Kt/s400/9.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSIkXe_UFDiNBfPdhClKhN_8UHW5Htri1zaOFxMfqsOV-bf5udnRPCKpc-UQPeGWbiCc3jb_Cp0_IW6ery_hmkqMJrh324Jsh61XcM8r54s_FJLUYy_JT5jGhFEFOLVXBK-dHHtLS84pJ-/s1600/10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSIkXe_UFDiNBfPdhClKhN_8UHW5Htri1zaOFxMfqsOV-bf5udnRPCKpc-UQPeGWbiCc3jb_Cp0_IW6ery_hmkqMJrh324Jsh61XcM8r54s_FJLUYy_JT5jGhFEFOLVXBK-dHHtLS84pJ-/s400/10.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Snow and sleet! Blustery winds and cold temps in the mid-30s brought precipitation from the dark clouds hanging over the Allegheny Mountains.</div><br />Photos by Lynn R. Mitchell<br />October 24, 2013<br />#fallinva

Warm Springs, Virginia, on October 24, 2013. Some trees were still green, others were showcasing their color, and some were already bare. Friend Barb and I chased autumn leaves along the back roads of Bath County on a cold, blustery day. Add a brisk…

Back road vistas in Nelson County

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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX4db2Bcj69JdTH2pbwEda-vvgtCllIkUSbBpdTTFkWO-SN6yFxHQkkoYS9dgTWbfflZeHP6O96BejKtVpX8Hlp87gGnUgvy1JXlmAWcSj8wKeqX-LkB3EA726fU8CU32cisH2ug_hKJ_G/s400/7.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Apple trees from Seaman orchards were loaded with a variety of apples ready to pick.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHdrhQ4jYQ2sIj_VUrCXdxAf-0i133mXSghmdYJgm4pwPTcTNDWfbfcGNYQfrgdso-453aO8567bW6rBuW0BjG0vwrSVqXm4d-0aSvt8G8RzK3uH9wl5jNql8Jpyv89doYKsQlf0cgcC5l/s1600/8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHdrhQ4jYQ2sIj_VUrCXdxAf-0i133mXSghmdYJgm4pwPTcTNDWfbfcGNYQfrgdso-453aO8567bW6rBuW0BjG0vwrSVqXm4d-0aSvt8G8RzK3uH9wl5jNql8Jpyv89doYKsQlf0cgcC5l/s400/8.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Mitchell<br />August 21, 2013

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We looked across the field and my sister noted that the fog-topped mountain looked like a volcano. Apple trees from Seaman orchards were loaded with a variety of apples ready to pick.Photos by Lynn R. MitchellAugust 21, 2013…

Adventures with Barb ... chasing autumn leaves on the back roads of Bath County, Va

Back road vistas in Nelson County

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