Category Archives: Fall Color 2015

Final push Fall Color Tour 2015: No place like Homestead!

Posted on November 24, 2015 by Oh, the Places We See

Sometimes the end of trip can be a letdown of sorts. But not on this trip, our Fall Color Tour 2015. Even after seeing gold in West Virginia, touring built environments with pops of color at Tamarack and The Greenbrier, … Continue reading →

Posted in Fall Color 2015, Tennessee, Virginia | Tagged Falling Spring Falls, George Washington National Forest, Rocky Fork State Park, The Homestead, Virginia, Virginia Is For Lovers | 17 Comments

Fall color inside and out: Tamarack and The Greenbrier

Posted on November 18, 2015 by Oh, the Places We See

Any fall trip through West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee can be considered spectacular if you hit the color change just right. And catch the color we did during our Fall 2015 Leaf Peeper Tour. Beginning with natural beauty at … Continue reading →

Posted in Fall Color 2015, The East, Travel, West Virginia | Tagged Beckley, crafts, quilt, Tamarack, The Bunker, The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs | 7 Comments

West Virginia gold: Fall at New River Gorge Bridge

Posted on November 4, 2015 by Oh, the Places We See

The second leg of our Fall 2015 search for gold meant leaving the beauty of West Virginia’s Pipestem Resort State Park for one of the state’s proudest prouds: New River Gorge Bridge. But getting there was a treat in itself. … Continue reading →

Posted in Fall Color 2015, Travel, West Virginia | Tagged Bluestone Dam, Hawks Nest State Park, Herns Mill Bridge, New River Gorge Bridge, Sandstone Falls, West Virginia | 26 Comments

Looking for gold in all the right places: Pipestem State Park, WV

Posted on October 28, 2015 by Oh, the Places We See

It was a “seize the moment” trip, planned on the fly, with but one major goal: find fall leaves during the third week of October 2015. We had few days and even fewer dollars, but we were on a mission: … Continue reading →

Posted in Fall Color 2015, The East, Travel, West Virginia | Tagged aerial tramway, autumn leaves, Bluestone Canyon, Fall 2015, Mountain Creek Lodge, Pipestem Resort State Park, West Virginia | 12 Comments

Travel theme: Below Humpback Bridge

Posted on October 26, 2015 by Oh, the Places We See

With some travel time dedicated to leaf peeping this fall, we learned of a destination quite by accident from someone at a Virginia rest stop: Humpback Bridge near Covington. This 100-foot long single-span structure, Virginia’s oldest covered bridge, is four … Continue reading →

Posted in Fall Color 2015, Travel, Travel Theme, Virginia | Tagged covered bridge, Covington, Dunlap Creek, Humpback Bridge, Virginia | 22 Comments

Beauty close to home: Cumberland Gap, Tennessee

Posted on October 14, 2015 by Oh, the Places We See

Sometimes we travel near and far in search of adventures and great places to see, but actually there’s grand beauty in East Tennessee that we sometimes take for granted. Thus it was on a recent weekend that we headed north … Continue reading →