Butterfly Landing
This photograph was captured with a Sony a6300.
Flag Day with the National Park Service
This photograph was captured with a Sony a6300.
Watercolor Sky
The sunrises on Beech Mountain never stop surprising me. As the sun peaks over the back ridge of the mountain, it colors the light haze every color you could imagine. It usually starts a warm pink and then turns bright orange before giving way to the blue skies of the day.
This is the view from the back deck of our mountain chalet, Slopeside. Book a weekend at Slopeside and experience it for yourself.
This photograph was captured with a Sony a6300.
Winter Sunset
The sunsets in the highest town East of the Rockies are nearly always dramatic. This salmon pink sunset was taken on my last drone flight on Beech Mountain this winter. It's always stunning to watch the clouds snake above the valleys far away when there is a high cloud ceiling on the Mountain.
This photograph was captured with a DJI Mavic Pro drone.
Falls Creek
The Falls Trail hiking trail follows Falls Creek around the Buckeye Recreation Center on Beech Mountain. It's a one-mile, family-friendly hiking trail with a lot of interesting sights along the way. If you'd like to hike the Falls Trail — or the more difficult trails of the Emerald Outback — this summer, check out our mountain chalet, Slopeside.
This photograph was captured with a Sony a6300.
Ahead of the Storm
This is the Linn Cove Viaduct on the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina. It's truly a structural engineering masterpiece. It's completion in the 1980s marked the official completion of the Blue Ridge Parkway, joining the north portion and the south portion of the Parkway.
This photograph was captured with a DJI Phantom 3 Professional drone.
Full Moon (Almost)
April 11's full moon is called the "Pink Moon." I think March's full moon didn't get the memo.
This photograph was captured on the Blue Ridge Parkway just as the sun had set, leaving behind a brilliant lavender and pink sky that blended right into the hazy Blue Ridge Mountains.
This photograph was captured with a Sony a6300.
Foggy Curve
This curving stretch of asphalt is US-221 in the High Country of North Carolina. This stretch winds it's way around giant granite boulders from Blowing Rock to Linville. Prior to the construction of the Linn Cove Viaduct on the Blue Ridge Parkway in the 1980s, this was the only way to connect the southern and northern sections of the Parkway. When weather is too harsh on the viaduct, the section is closed and the familiar US-221 detour is re-enabled, turning a 20-minute drive into nearly an hour drive. This photograph was captured from the hills above on the Parkway.
Parkway Views
I love it when we can time a drive on the Blue Ridge Parkway at sunset. It's usually pretty quiet up there that late in the day as the tourists go home and it becomes more of a way for people to get from town back home in the mountains. This photograph was captured last Friday and it was getting really cold out, too. It was so peaceful. Everything had a cold blue tint to it until the sky turned a brilliant salmon color.
This photograph was captured with a Sony a6300.