One of Jean's favorite trees is the Mountain Ash. This time of year we love to travel up to the higher elevations of The Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina. A few of these trees can be found near Newfound Gap in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. One can be found in the parking lot there. This one was found on Blue Ridge Parkway (mile marker 420.2) on FSR 816 access road to the Shiningrock Wilderness. I shot this picture a couple weeks ago. The fall leaves of the Mountain Ash change to yellow in a dry fall season or in the case of an extreme drought, red. This is the time to go see these trees and enjoy all the fall colors on the parkway. Jean has written an article you may enjoy about the Mountain Ash in the Georgia Mountain Laurel's October 2008 edition. You can get the Georgia Mountain Laurel magazine for free each month at Mountain Nature & Wild Bird Supply (104 N. Main St. Clayton) and at other merchants in Rabun County, Georgia.
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The October issue of the Georgia Mountain Laurel will hit the streets by tomorrow night (Tuesday Sept 30) unless the driver runs out of gas and can't find any. Jean's article turned out well and will be enjoyed by many!!
Thanks Tracy, you are so kind.
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