SKYLINE DRIVE LEAF TOUR: We took a drive last week along Skyline Drive through the northern part of the Shenandoah National Forest. It was too late for the best of the seasonal colors, and a bit misty and foggy, but here are some pictures.

Entering Skyline Drive through the mist:

The next two are of Thornton Hollow, a now abandoned but once thriving small farming community:

Yellow leaves everywhere. A several mile stretch where everything was bright yellow on both sides of the road:

Two views of the Shenandoah River on the west side of the National Forest as we began our return to home:

And finally, a last good-bye.