The temperatures dropped today and they are predicting frost for the area tonight. We were looking for something warm to do, so we decided to ride on the Blue Ridge Highway and take some pictures of the trees. Nothing like a warm truck with the heater running full blast to take the chill out of the air. From what I understand, there has not been a frost yet this year and the leaves are turning slower because of it. In fact, in the higher elevations, many trees are already bear. Jim managed to find some really pretty trees and get some good pictures, while I kept the warm truck safe. Check out his gallery of pictures. It includes pictures from Lake Junaluska, and Cataloochee Ranch, as well as our trip on the parkway today. Up at the highest elevation (6049 ft) the temperature was only 38 degrees at noon.
We stopped in Brevard to find a place to eat lunch. We usually try to find the historic downtown area because that’s where we find local restaurants with good food and Brevard was no different. The one unusual thing we found was Brevard is the home of the white squirrel.
It seems they came from an island off Hawaii in 1949 as a gift to a resident from her uncle. They were kept caged until 1951 when one accidentally got out so the owner decided to release the other. It seems they do not multiply in captivity, but once let loose there was no stopping them. Now they are the claim to fame of Brevard, North Carolina.
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