The Virginias
Last year, Southern California color spotter Alena Nicholas relocated to the Carolinas, but she didn’t leave CaliforniaFallColor.com and has become an eastern correspondent.
A autumn excursion through Virginia and West Virginia was her first photo safari through “The Virginias.”
Alena focused on the elements of autumn in the Blue Ridge and Appalachian mountains uncommon to California: vibrant red leaves, grist mills, a moonshine still, iridescent white tail deer and rain.
Grist Mill, Blue Ridge Parkway (10/18/20) Alena Nicholas 
Blue Ridge Mountains (10/18/20) Alena Nicholas 
Blue Ridge Mountains (10/17/20) Alena Nicholas 
Still, Blue Ridge Mountains (10/17/20) Alena Nicholas 
White tail deer, Blue Ridge Mountains (10/17/20) Alena Nicholas 
Mabry Mill, Blue Ridge Mountains (10/18/20) Alena Nicholas 
Sugar maple, Blue Ridge Mountains (10/11/20) Alena Nicholas 
Pond, Blue Ridge Mountains (10/17/20) Alena Nicholas
She noticed “quite a variety of colors in the area. Also, more rolling hills and ponds,” instead of the alpine mountains and lakes she photographed in the Sierra Nevada, and noted that it rained quite often, creating a natural gray card in the sky.
Alena promises photographs from the “low country” of the Carolinas, which is reputed to have remarkable color in late October to early November.
- Blue Ridge Parkway, Virginia (6,683′) – Peak (75-100%) GO NOW!
