North Carolina Mountains (Gorgeous Fall Photos)

WRAL TV website ^ | 11/1/09 | Photo by Anne Johnson

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

The beauty of the NC Mountains - Fall of 2009.

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

Just some of God's awesome handiwork - to view and enjoy - on this November 1st, 2009.

[italianquaker]

Thnx for sharing

[ought-six]

Beautiful. Magical.

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

Aren’t these awesome photos?

Every now and then WRAL does something really well - this is one of those times.

Some of these are just breathtaking - glad you enjoyed them!

[JoeProBono]

[gimme1ibertee]

He can certainly wield a paintbrush,can’t He? Beautiful!

[deaconjim]

I live and work in these mountains (in fact I drive past Pilot Mountain at least twice a week), and I never grow tired of seeing the things God has made. Thank you for posting.

[northwinds]

Thanks for making me realize what an idiot I am for not scheduling a trip to the NC mountains this Fall.....LOL...thanks for sharing.

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

Yes He Can!

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

You are very welcome - and I envy you your daily view! I was born in the NC Mountains and have a deep love of them in my heart - so you are very fortunate to live and work there.

[JoeProBono]

[Free America52]

My sweet Carolina home. I love NC, the best place on earth.

Tar heel born
Tar heel bred
And when I die
I’ll be tar heel dead

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

LOL - I didn’t make it to the Mtns this fall either so was delighted to find these glorious photos! Only wish I could have seen these sights in person! Maybe next year....

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

That photo was one of the most beautiful of the bunch.

What mountain is that?

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

Whew - isn’t it the truth? (Me too)

(Now if we could just pry the grip on political power away from the Dem machine.....)

Oh well, they cannot mess up the beauty God has put here!

[ETL]

Beautiful pics. Thanks for posting.

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

You’re very welcome - a glimpse of what is the best in beauty in NC this time of year.

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

Is that what that mountain is in the photo posted on the thread? It’s been a few years since I have been that far West.

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This might be my favorite...

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

Cam you post # 5, 11, 12, and 21?

I tried but am doing something wrong.

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[Freedom'sWorthIt]

Love that one too! See post just before this one. Those were some of my favs. Can you post them?

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[Freedom'sWorthIt]

Yep - isn’t that just gorgeous?

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

!!! When I drive in the NC Mts this time of year and pull over and take a view off the side of the road overlooking these scenes, I just call them “whew views” cause all I can do is go “WHEW!” what a view!

[ETL]

Here you go...

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

Thank you. All of them - just beautiful.

[JoeProBono]

[TennesseeGirl]

FYI. If anyone is planning on driving down for a visit, I-40 is closed near the NC/TN border. Rock slide has closed down east/west bound lanes. They expect it to be closed for at least 3 months. Bummer.

[ETL]

I tried [posting the pictures] but am doing something wrong.

You needed to first click on one and let it open in another window or tab. There you can access the .jpg location url.

[JoeProBono]

Nice work!

[AppyPappy]

We’ll spend the week of Thanksgiving working in Boone at the Operation Christmas Child center and staying at Beech Mountain. Being an ASU grad, I am really looking forward to it.

[JamesA]

My backyard..

[ETL]

Every summer (during the 1960s) we would go by scenic railroad from New York City to Tennessee to see my father’s relatives. (my father met my mother in NYC while on leave from the Navy back in the 1940s. I’ve lived here all of my life). Besides seeing all our wonderful relatives in Tenn, I used to really love the day trips we took to the Smokey Mountains. In fact, I loved it so much I eventually ended up majoring in geology. Since then I discovered that we had our beautiful mountains right here in New York State.

[deaconjim]

The mountain you are asking about is Pilot Mountain. The nearby town by the same name is the one referred to as Mount Pilot in the Andy Griffith series. The neighboring town of Mount Airy was the inspiration for Mayberry.

[ETL]

Thanks, but I can’t take credit for those wonderful landscapes. :)

[ETL]

The nearby town by the same name is the one referred to as Mount Pilot in the Andy Griffith series.

Thanks for that. Interesting. I've been watching a mini marathon of Andy Griffith on TV Land for the past couple of hours. It ends at 9PM ET.

[lonestar]

Thanks! Beautiful!

[JoeProBono]

You are what you post :)

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[NorwegianViking]

Thanks for the answer. I was wondering the same question too-—”Pilot Mountain”—really a cool and unusual top for a mountain......Beautiful..Beautiful shots. It is nice to slip away from thinking about all the problems in the world. Thanks.

[NorwegianViking]

Many Thanks, Freedom’s WorthIt....gorgeous places and pictures! Thanks for the visions of God’s Handiwork! He’s the Best!

[Guenevere]

bttt

[JoeProBono]

Spldended!

[srmorton]

My husband and I are life-long residents of NC and we went to the mountains on our honeymoon 36 years ago this past August. We vowed that we would go back every year. I can count on one hand the number of times that we have been back in all of that time. We live about twenty-five miles from the coast, but it really doesn't take THAT long to get there now that I-40 was completed several years ago. It seems we get too busy to take the time to enjoy God's handiwork! Thanks for posting these beautiful pictures! I saved them so that I can enjoy them again and again,

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

Yep - isn’t that something? I40 through the NC Mtns will be closed for MONTHS due to that rock slide! Some things are so big we just have to deal with them as best we can....

[DollyCali]

missing living in NC (was in Winston Salem for 15 years)..

maybe again someday.. the fall beauty of the mountains/foothills is incredible

thank you for posting this

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

A beautiful environment to be in at that time of year! Glad you are working on that project = a great cause.

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

Your backyard!!!! (Am green with envy....)