We left Southwestern Ontario on a grey autumn day ... these colourful, beautiful trees a mere memory as they now stand naked after loosing their leaves.
Normally on our travels south we see many kaleidoscopes of colours as the trees leaves change from bright green to various shades and hues of yellow, orange and reds.
We drove through rain most of our first day of travel to West Virginia ...
We awoke to colder than normal temperatures on Saturday morning and as we left Summersville, West Virginia we drove for nearly three hours in an early winter storm of light snow and near freezing temperatures.
It was like we were part of an old "Black & White" movie ...
It wasn't until we reached the North Carolina border that some colour was added to our travels ... eventhough the sky was still grey.
The sun finally decided to shine as we neared our second travel stop in Bluffton, South Carolina.
Sunday morning we drove our final five hours thru sunshine on the palm tree lined highways to our usual November escape ... it was cooler than usual, but there was a wonderful warmth in the sparkling sun as we made a pit stop at the "Sunshine State's" Welcome Center.
Ah ... we are here!
