Leaf peeping on the back roads of Rockingham County

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Blue Ridge Mountains fall in Shenandoah Valley October leaf looking Rockingham County tourism Virginia Is For Lovers Leaf peeping on the back roads of Rockingham County

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October afternoon on the back roads of Page County

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrkhx3x07emcLl3YF1GQZQUkKYi5vuj0PzFJwwGGAE9na1zVWEHrayAMdQLfz1jMhkntTyTbhycvpKBEC7idSlPOv0CIj5uVIlxa17GY0TvrTXUBfH4sLhsHYxuod-8yVSFVDvKYdiL9_3/s1600/10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrkhx3x07emcLl3YF1GQZQUkKYi5vuj0PzFJwwGGAE9na1zVWEHrayAMdQLfz1jMhkntTyTbhycvpKBEC7idSlPOv0CIj5uVIlxa17GY0TvrTXUBfH4sLhsHYxuod-8yVSFVDvKYdiL9_3/s400/10.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sunday was a perfect autumn afternoon in the Shenandoah Valley with cool temps and sunshine during the 2013 leaf season. SWAC Son and I set out with our cameras to roam the back roads along the western slopes of the Blue Ridge Mountains, stopping and snapping leaves, creeks, ponds, and mountains.</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/AVvXsEi0QgMwWnOvBQvIi8sqt-uDdMIdH5NbklYKU7aQWceSEUT9kZ1mlAxWc15kelEqopHFSMDMAdMS8Lpm-UAepUG-C-FSvPO1OQ1EL9B0C9kUCY3rvsPdyyyOD7PH0P5fQ-YAJAiYqBy9MEee/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0QgMwWnOvBQvIi8sqt-uDdMIdH5NbklYKU7aQWceSEUT9kZ1mlAxWc15kelEqopHFSMDMAdMS8Lpm-UAepUG-C-FSvPO1OQ1EL9B0C9kUCY3rvsPdyyyOD7PH0P5fQ-YAJAiYqBy9MEee/s400/3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrmUD3nUcL4tV5hc2Xq18Es-3fbEHLjoHCod7IK9_j51dDnOnC3BkEqNYJJq3nWkTiOI0eZCa6_lwEMAlwNYvT4ZSsnTx6R7vQHAEbe2P-0UyzjgfEhG4nc_h1ai9lP_45rvMJSKf_XsqN/s1600/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrmUD3nUcL4tV5hc2Xq18Es-3fbEHLjoHCod7IK9_j51dDnOnC3BkEqNYJJq3nWkTiOI0eZCa6_lwEMAlwNYvT4ZSsnTx6R7vQHAEbe2P-0UyzjgfEhG4nc_h1ai9lP_45rvMJSKf_XsqN/s640/4.jpg" width="358" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Leaves are at three stages -- some are still green, others are brilliant reds and oranges, while some trees are already bare, their leaves fallen to the ground. Many oaks had dull brown leaves waiting to fall but we were in search of the brilliant reds and yellows that stand out on the mountain slopes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs-Kd16Jv9MbEGinR4iMVCw_uTkquskXWq0HTYB6DaWPgPd7x7SUmSF0MXKttnSHe0Evgvp3V54kciA241yH7V1r7JIZWcs4X9aolZVPvm0sHNXNUp-ndM_VotDP-DNbU0oE9CYxrb_fpz/s1600/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs-Kd16Jv9MbEGinR4iMVCw_uTkquskXWq0HTYB6DaWPgPd7x7SUmSF0MXKttnSHe0Evgvp3V54kciA241yH7V1r7JIZWcs4X9aolZVPvm0sHNXNUp-ndM_VotDP-DNbU0oE9CYxrb_fpz/s400/5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Horseback riders under the tree prepared for an afternoon ride deeper into the mountains.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGMf12dOY4IFiTpBxuLr6E0TwVwkrPGm_4gYRFL__kycogRX_8GttJI_wPfmG4E1RO8kWHqXtGRS4jMfd3HYlI2UdoAKIi_4Zsrja_kvB_GnhkAuRmmXdVd2BW9BLkxLyfYZ6tx4yj6xTU/s1600/7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGMf12dOY4IFiTpBxuLr6E0TwVwkrPGm_4gYRFL__kycogRX_8GttJI_wPfmG4E1RO8kWHqXtGRS4jMfd3HYlI2UdoAKIi_4Zsrja_kvB_GnhkAuRmmXdVd2BW9BLkxLyfYZ6tx4yj6xTU/s400/7.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Leaf color seems a bit more muted this year but the colors still made a beautiful display.</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/AVvXsEgeS-q4RfqNkB1rMqMYq3-I1D8zuzGpzbQ88B5bq4Si61JLyOh6h8AayeSuMxaaG16ChaQlYHaP0AhUvKORO-iWMEHyWpbHzDcmuFqPgeDYDLN2SHv5WKitHd0QSyCvA__EXrBRcs2ewCOi/s1600/8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeS-q4RfqNkB1rMqMYq3-I1D8zuzGpzbQ88B5bq4Si61JLyOh6h8AayeSuMxaaG16ChaQlYHaP0AhUvKORO-iWMEHyWpbHzDcmuFqPgeDYDLN2SHv5WKitHd0QSyCvA__EXrBRcs2ewCOi/s400/8.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOm_qYIYPUCQO-EBkQ63n-waqJgjLfYF9E0bDlEu7Fg_BAXilZs_iuW0tbre2jgv22ltK3xoXCzP-8_wyFIJxVJbYAKiLZWhX5ndOBlDm7676HCbMIl0t8xjDxB1HoUcsG08Ej33kJM2M-/s1600/12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOm_qYIYPUCQO-EBkQ63n-waqJgjLfYF9E0bDlEu7Fg_BAXilZs_iuW0tbre2jgv22ltK3xoXCzP-8_wyFIJxVJbYAKiLZWhX5ndOBlDm7676HCbMIl0t8xjDxB1HoUcsG08Ej33kJM2M-/s400/12.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgN-jGyHVSDmapAufHKi3gnv86JB-Lk49_-rBcblnzHRezX9Mynt5eAyam6_CkrhHeurQzBcM-pp_44ZeMYn6WOI_dk4RWTzEzJ-0VHqyNo5c4WVCsKX3yBl-_SUUGufTrnaCghN6n1fkn/s1600/13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgN-jGyHVSDmapAufHKi3gnv86JB-Lk49_-rBcblnzHRezX9Mynt5eAyam6_CkrhHeurQzBcM-pp_44ZeMYn6WOI_dk4RWTzEzJ-0VHqyNo5c4WVCsKX3yBl-_SUUGufTrnaCghN6n1fkn/s400/13.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Photos by Lynn R. Mitchell<br />Adventures with SWAC Son <br />October 27, 2013

back roads of Virginia fall in Shenandoah Valley Lynn R. Mitchell Page County SWAC Son tourism Virginia Is For Lovers October afternoon on the back roads of Page County

Sunday was a perfect autumn afternoon in the Shenandoah Valley with cool temps and sunshine during the 2013 leaf season. SWAC Son and I set out with our cameras to roam the back roads along the western slopes of the Blue Ridge Mountains, stopping …

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Signs of fall

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCXI-dVfzLU0df16FPk7EHjB4zlJCvl5r6M6GNRPJ4dmxnf4J4rKSvIB0BB5OKbfAM3qWm3dko2Dkvjc51y2lESaSbCB5bTc4kB4NSNoKBa4Y4KWv8tLFuH-2eFDAbXDCGOvb-WeXRvVh9/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCXI-dVfzLU0df16FPk7EHjB4zlJCvl5r6M6GNRPJ4dmxnf4J4rKSvIB0BB5OKbfAM3qWm3dko2Dkvjc51y2lESaSbCB5bTc4kB4NSNoKBa4Y4KWv8tLFuH-2eFDAbXDCGOvb-WeXRvVh9/s400/1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> SWAC Husband has been busy. He cut down a huge 60-foot dead locust tree in the back yard and then sawed it in lengths, split it, let it season out, hauled it, and now is getting ready to stack it. This is one pile ... there's two more like it of oak, maple, and ash that will need to be stacked.</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/AVvXsEiISxIzWf5qKpKNIz-G8p3ELxd0obM5oNX4pDxc7WEuCV6_s_iUn0PbAKVPL9pRBErf9FZTsGS8OFzChtCdHxHAg-GqBTwNV5CZeFIjj4YgzEqSM1Dr5r6xJqSHkoqAzTznC93W_FUxI7t2/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiISxIzWf5qKpKNIz-G8p3ELxd0obM5oNX4pDxc7WEuCV6_s_iUn0PbAKVPL9pRBErf9FZTsGS8OFzChtCdHxHAg-GqBTwNV5CZeFIjj4YgzEqSM1Dr5r6xJqSHkoqAzTznC93W_FUxI7t2/s400/2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Time to rake!</div><br /><i>Photos by Lynn R. Mitchell<br />September 25, 2013</i>

fall in Shenandoah Valley firewood Signs of fall

 SWAC Husband has been busy. He cut down a huge 60-foot dead locust tree in the back yard and then sawed it in lengths, split it, let it season out, hauled it, and now is getting ready to stack it. This is one pile ... there's two more like it of oak…

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Signs of fall in our rainy yard

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fall in Shenandoah Valley photos by Lynn R. Mitchell Signs of fall in our rainy yard

   Tomorrow is the first day of fall but the signs are already there....Photos by Lynn R. MitchellSeptember 21, 2013…

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