Updated Reply to Anonymous

Dear Anonymous - In reply to whether you should move up your visit to Boone to catch the fall colors, Oct 28th is usually past the peak by a good bit.  So, to get better color, it would be best to move it up to at least the 21st, if not earlier.  The 14th is the average date of best color here.  It might be a few days early this year.  But colors persist for a week to ten days on either side of the peak if the weather is good, so you can see something if you miss the peak.  But by Oct 28 here in Boone, it's pretty bare most years.
Hope this helps.