Alabama Country Road

DixieDixie Registered Users Posts: 1,497 Major grins
edited November 19, 2005 in Landscapes
Actually it is a road in the Mountain Longleaf National Wildlife Refuge which is in the Southern Appalachian Mountain Range between Atlanta, GA & Birmingham, AL. The refuge is only about 10 miles from my home and it was nice to get out and see some fall colors in my area. It sure was strange being out looking at fall colors near mid-November in 83º weather. The refuge was established in 2003 for the protection and management of the last remaining old growth stands and the best remaining Longleaf Pine forests in the southeastern US. The 9000-acres for the mountain refuge came from the now closed Fort McClellan military training area which is located in Calhoun County, Alabama.

As always your comments and suggestions are welcome.

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  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited November 10, 2005
    Pretty is all I can say ....... well and another shot that just makes me wanna be there thumb.gif
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  • USAIRUSAIR Registered Users Posts: 2,646 Major grins
    edited November 10, 2005
    Beautiful country scene great colors

    Thanks
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  • JnicholsJnichols Registered Users Posts: 223 Major grins
    edited November 10, 2005
    Northeast Alabama is stunning in the fall. Beautiful picture - the fall colors are gorgeous. I went up to Jackson County last month but everything was still green! I've gotta get up there soon!
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  • illuminati919illuminati919 Registered Users Posts: 713 Major grins
    edited November 10, 2005
    Beautiful shot, all I can say is, " I must get out of Phoenix ". Extraordinary colors.thumb.gif
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  • T4TotsT4Tots Registered Users Posts: 198 Major grins
    edited November 10, 2005
    Wow that is pretty! Wish it was as pretty in Birmingham as it is there! My neighbor has one pretty tree I have been admiring and I did find some pretty colors at the gardens.
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  • DixieDixie Registered Users Posts: 1,497 Major grins
    edited November 11, 2005
    Thank you to everyone.
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  • SirArmstrongSirArmstrong Registered Users Posts: 249 Major grins
    edited November 11, 2005
    Great color!clap.gif Thanks. The trees in our area (Olympic Peninsula NW Washington) had great color but heavy wind and rain did not allow for an extended viewing.
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  • pathfinderpathfinder Super Moderators Posts: 14,708 moderator
    edited November 11, 2005
    Nothing like a winding gravel road in the forest in the autumn. Lovely. That is the shot I had hoped to get in Parke County this fall and did not achieve. Nicely done!! I'm jealous :):
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  • DixieDixie Registered Users Posts: 1,497 Major grins
    edited November 13, 2005
    SirArmstrong wrote:
    Great color!clap.gif Thanks. The trees in our area (Olympic Peninsula NW Washington) had great color but heavy wind and rain did not allow for an extended viewing.
    Luckily for us little wind, but the colors would have been better if we had received a little more rain around August and September and an early freeze around the beginning of October. We still haven't had the freeze yet in this area.
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  • DixieDixie Registered Users Posts: 1,497 Major grins
    edited November 13, 2005
    pathfinder wrote:
    Nothing like a winding gravel road in the forest in the autumn. Lovely. That is the shot I had hoped to get in Parke County this fall and did not achieve. Nicely done!! I'm jealous :):
    Path, I just went out and spent the day driving roads through the Talladega National Forest and the wildlife refuge and got lucky in a couple of places with the colors and scene. The colors were really nice throughout, but a bad haze dulled everything too much for some nice sweeping landscapes so I had to be satisfied with smaller scenes.
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  • erich6erich6 Registered Users Posts: 1,638 Major grins
    edited November 14, 2005
    Great shot Dixie. Awesome colors! thumb.gif

    Erich
  • DixieDixie Registered Users Posts: 1,497 Major grins
    edited November 15, 2005
    Thank you Erich.
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  • ginger_55ginger_55 Registered Users Posts: 8,416 Major grins
    edited November 15, 2005
    Really nice, Dixie!

    I have seen more color than usual here this year. Maybe I just have been out more.

    That must have been a nice drive! Nice photo, very nice!

    ginger
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  • DixieDixie Registered Users Posts: 1,497 Major grins
    edited November 16, 2005
    ginger_55 wrote:
    Really nice, Dixie!

    I have seen more color than usual here this year. Maybe I just have been out more.

    That must have been a nice drive! Nice photo, very nice!

    ginger
    Thanks Ginger. We've had less color than usual, but there are patches of good color. I just had to get out and look for it.

    Did you manage to get any photos of the old bridge being demolished? I bet it coming down in sections would make some nice photos. Do they have a schedule when different portions of it are being blown up? If they do, I wonder if we could get on the Yorktown or somewhere to get photos of it.? I would make a special trip over just to get some shots of that.
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  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited November 16, 2005
    IMO, this time of the year, is the best! I just love to be out in places like this.

    Good one...thumb.gif ...,Dixie. clap.gif
  • nburwellnburwell Registered Users Posts: 87 Big grins
    edited November 16, 2005
    Beautiful colors in this photograph. There seems, to me at least, to be some mystery as to where this road leads to. I like that concept!
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  • thdizzythdizzy Registered Users Posts: 262 Major grins
    edited November 17, 2005
    I've been away for a few weeks...I come back and see this shot...Thanks Dixie.

    Almost perfect in all respects.
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  • DixieDixie Registered Users Posts: 1,497 Major grins
    edited November 19, 2005
    Thank you Ric, nburwell, and Todd. All of your comments are appreciated.
    Dixie
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