leaf-peeping

i really wanted to visit dc in october so i could go leaf-peeping. last year, i was able to go to skyline drive and see some autumn leaves, but most of the trees hadn't quite reached peak colors yet. it looked like i was going to see some peak colors during my visit.

while at the university of virginia, there were some wonderfully-colored trees. even though it was a cloudy day, the colors were still vivid. here are some pictures i took on campus:






after a late lunch, we headed over to skyline drive, a prime place for leaf-peeping. it is over a hundred miles long and runs along the crest of the blue ridge mountains in shenandoah national park.


unfortunately, because it was already late on a cloudy day, we didn't have much light left with which to see the autumn splendor. we still got some pretty nice valley shots, though.








i wish i could have actually seen the trees when it's sunny and during daylight hours. but, there was a good thing about being in the park at dusk: the deer were starting to come out of the woods. i tried to get some shots, but i just got some blurry and/or dark ones. see if you can find them. we saw at least 20 of them.



after about half an hour, it was already dark and we couldn't take any more pictures. unfortunately, it took us at least another hour before we could get to the next exit out of the park. i felt bad that lan had to do all that driving. but i am glad that i got to go to skyline drive and see some color and some deer.