Autumn Color

I had a pretty crappy weekend. The People left me alone Friday night, and then again most of the day on Saturday. They left me outside on Saturday, and they didn't make it home until it was already dark outside. Woman forgot to leave the light on for me, and the door to the porch slammed shut while I was up at the garden eating tomatoes, so I couldn't even get to my bed or my water. It was pretty darn cold outside too! Woman felt so bad about this that we snuggled on the couch for the rest of the night, but I am still holding a grudge.

On Saturday the People took a long drive up the Parkway to Graveyard Fields and went hiking. Here are some photos of their trip.

The mountains are lovely in their autumn colors.



Woman likes the red trees the best.



Graveyard Fields is the most popular hiking spot on the Blue Ridge Parkway. This is the paved pathway leading down to the trails.



The unpaved trail varies in diffculty level. Here is a pretty view of the split-wood fence on the easier part of the trail.



Some pretty leaves against a beautiful blue sky.



Raised walkways are installed at various parts of the trail, because it gets really muddy at times.



Other parts of the trail are very rugged and even cross through little creeks like this one.



The trail gets increasingly steeper as you approach the waterfall. This is the waterfall at the end of the 1.3 mile hike. It's really not much pay off for the length of the hike.



This is the waterfall at the end of the .3 mile hike. Much better pay off I'd say!



And here are the People at the waterfall. Notice that I am NOT there. The nerve!



Here is a photo of an awesome campsite at Graveyard Fields. Woman says we are going to go camp there next year. Woo-hoo!



The People also went to Biltmore that day. I will share some of those photos with you later. For now, I have to go nap in front of the window, because the sun is hitting the floor just right for Pug hide tanning!