and, sometimes you go back

During our first trip up to Tryon and Saluda we began to lose the light....it was already fairly late in the day and the sun was slipping behind the "mountains."  We decided the views were worth getting up before the sun on Sunday and doing it all over again.  The day dawned with a spectacular sunrise that we were not in place to capture, then the early clouds began to burn off.  As we got higher into the mountains, the temps dropped into the 30's with a very brisk wind....We weren't all dressed for the weather, but did take some lovely pictures.

This view is just outside Saluda heading west.  There is a lovely view of about 180 and a farm driveway perfect for viewing.  As you can see, the color was perfect.

Wandering aimlessly all about.....

Saturday was another day to go exploring to see what we could see....in the end we wandered over to Saluda, NC, then Tryon and back into SC at Landrum.  It turned out to be the peak of color a couple of weeks earlier than normal so we had lots of scenery to enjoy and many pictures to take.
This is a view of the Saluda Grade - "the steepest rail line in America" but it is no longer running any trains :-(.   Wayne took this picture late in the day and then "painted" it with oils.

It would have been exciting to have ridden this line and been able to climb the grade during peak colors!!