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Autumn Color - 2023 | All Text & Images: Copyright (2023) |
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Autumn Color - 2023 | All Text & Images: Copyright (2023) |
| 1 - October 10, 2023 I shoot this bog at Buck Creek every autumn, since it's always one of the first nearby places to show a bit of fall color. |
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| Buck Creek Bog |
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| 2 - October 16, 2023 Not quite a week later, I returned to the Buck Creek - Chunky Gal area. The foliage wasn't peak yet, but getting there in places. |
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| An overcast day, but you can see how the color has advanced since the previous photo... |
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| View toward another side of the bog |
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| Along Buck Creek Rd |
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| Along Buck Creek |
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| Cascade on Buck Creek |
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| Doe Knob from Riley Cove |
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| 3 - October 19, 2023 I headed up to Tuni Gap, one of my favorite autumn foliage spots, but there wasn't enough color yet; I decided to turn around and wait until next week. |
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| Along Tuni Gap Rd I took some shots of the few colorful areas since I was here... |
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| Along Tuni Gap Rd |
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| Along Tuni Gap Rd |
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| 4 - October 20, 2023 The next day, after being rained out at Smithgall Woods while looking for some rare plants, I headed home over Richard Russell Hwy and stopped at Hogpen Gap for a few pics. |
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| View from Hogpen Gap |
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| Hogpen Gap scenery Isolated color in a forest of mostly green. |
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| 5 - October 24, 2023 I took my annual "foliage drive" through the Tuni Gap - Tusquitee Gap loop. Not the best color I've ever seen, but not too shabby! A mix of ground and drone images are included. |
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| Along Tuni Gap Rd |
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| View south down the valley of Big Tuni Creek |
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| Somewhere up around Tuni Gap |
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| Along Tuni Gap Rd |
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| Near Tuni Gap |
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| A colorful ridge |
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| Upper Tusquittee Rd |
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| View north to Nantahala Lake |
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| View to the east |
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| Looking south toward Tusquitee Gap, along the valley of Clear Creek |
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| View west toward the Tusquitee Range |
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| Upper Tusquittee Rd |
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| Another colorful ridge |
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| Upper end of Clear Creek valley, Tusquitee Gap on the right The trees in the low, wet valley have already lost their leaves. |
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| Colorful mountain-side along upper Tusquittee Rd |
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| A few peaks |
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| Another view toward the Tusquitee Mountain range |
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| Closer view of the colorful ridge in front of the range |
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| View south through Tusquitee Gap Lake Chatuge can be seen in the far distance. |