Reply to Andrew

That is quite a round-about trip.  There is good color around Wilkesboro now, and as you come up the mountain to Blowing Rock, you'll go through the band of peak color.  Once in Blowing Rock, there is some residual colors left (mostly dark bronze, red from the oaks, and a few yellow poplars) but most of the other trees have dropped their leaves.  I've heard that colors are better north of 421, into Virginia (lower elevations).  So, I think you'll see patches of color, but if you stop at the overlooks on the Parkway, and look down, you should see nice colors at the lower elevations.  Have a great trip!