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Blue Ridge Parkway & NC mountains fall color forecast 2021 Courtesy Romantic Asheville Leaf peepers ask: “When is peak color?” Great news... we have many weeks of autumn color in our NC mountains and foothills. Since you find the areas of best color by simply driving the Blue Ridge Parkway or other scenic roads up and down the ridges, you don’t have to worry about exact dates. The elevation is the biggest factor for the time of color change. Also, chilly sunny weather speeds up the color change and warm weather and rain prolong it. See the many details below! Our Typical Peak Foliage Color Timeline - Don’t focus on exact dates since nobody can predict mother nature. October First Week: Colors transform above 5,000 feet elevation, including Mount
Mitchell and Grandfather Mountain. Mile-high Beech Mountain is a great place to stay for refreshing temperatures. South on the Parkway, head to Waterrock Knob and Black Balsam areas. Hike & picnic atop both Max Patch and Roan Mountain on the AT. October Second Week: 4,000-5,000 feet elevation. Best colors really pick up steam, including Mount Pisgah and Devil’s Courthouse areas south on the Blue Ridge Parkway. The mountains surrounding Waynesville and Cashiers peak, including Whiteside Mountain with the Shadow of the Bear. Also, see the colorful highest ridges of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and drive the Cherohala Skyway. Camp at Lake Santeetlah.
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October Third Week: 3,000-4,000 feet elevation. The ultimate week for the most color includes large sections of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Check out Little Switzerland off the Parkway, as well as Bakersville and Spruce Pine. This also includes much of Pisgah National Forest near Brevard. Drive the Forest Heritage Scenic Byway. Top hikes there include Looking Glass Rock or Cradle of Forestry. North of Asheville, the best color will be Banner Elk and hikes to Table Rock and Hawksbill Mountain at Linville Gorge. West of Asheville, head to Maggie Valley, Cherokee, and Bryson City. October Fourth Week: 2,000-3,000 feet elevation. The city of Asheville, French Broad River, and Biltmore show their best color, along with many of our small towns including Sylva and Saluda. It’s a great time for a waterfall hike in DuPont State Forest or a stroll at the NC Arboretum. November First Week: 1,000-2,000 feet elevation. Color fills the lush Hickory Nut Gorge at Chimney Rock. See the fall reflections on Lake Lure. Also, hike and camp at Lake James and South Mountains State Parks east of Asheville. The leaf progression concludes in the foothills around Marion, Rutherfordton, and Tryon Foothills Wine Country. For more information visit https://www.romanticasheville.com/fall.htm.
MSgt. Foy Cunningham, USAF (Ret.) Belmont, North Carolina MSgt. Foy Cunningham, USAF (Ret.) age 90, passed away October 8, 2021. He was born June 8, 1931 in Gaston County, the son of the late Fred Edgar and Elizabeth Wiggins Cunningham. Foy proudly served in the U.S. Army and the U.S. Air Force during the Korean and Vietnam wars and retired after over twenty years of
faithful service. His military expertise was in communications. He earned a top-secret security clearance, and was involved in numerous highprofile matters of national security. He met and married the love of his life while serving in Taiwan and they raised their family while traveling the world. He and his wife and family owned and operated Carey’s Seafood of Mount Holly during the seventies and eighties. He is survived by his loving wife of 62 years Carey Chien Cunningham of the home; daughter Julie Hartsell and husband Jody of Weddington, NC; sons Jeffrey Cunningham and wife Kimberly of Belmont, Joseph Cunningham and wife Suzanne of Belmont, Fred Cunningham and wife Robin of Palm Beach, FL; step daughters Hsiao Feng Chi and husband Han-Chor Lau of Taipei, Taiwan, Annie Chi-Sheaffer and husband William of Bend, OR; grandchildren Zach Hartsell, Haley Hartsell, Alex (Erin) Hartsell, Nicholas Hartsell, Matthew (McKenzie) Cunningham,
Adam (Vy) Cunningham, Katelin Cunningham, Sebastian Cunningham; great grandchildren Emilia, Cruz and Hayes Cunningham. He is also survived by his brother Robert Cunningham of Mississippi. He was preceded in death by his brother Jack Cunningham and sisters Edna Cherry and Tudy Baucom. He was an incredibly devoted and loving husband and father. Nothing was more important to him than his family. He was always there to provide love, support, and advice to his family whenever they needed it most. He is irreplaceable, and will be sorely missed. Services with Military Honors will be private to the family. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Wounded Warriors Project, www.support.wounded warriorproject.org . Condolence messages may be sent online at mcleanfuneral.com. McLean Funeral Directors of Belmont is serving the Cunningham family.
Go outside! Rev. Trent Rankin Salvation Church , Gastonia, NC salvationchurchnc.org
There isn’t one single person that likes to be left out. As a child, you never wanted to be the one who did not get an invitation to a birthday party, or to be the only one not to make the team. We want to be included. As Christians, we are part of God’s kingdom, the body of Christ. We want to be included with God in heaven one day. We want our name in God’s Book of Life. If we are desperate to be included, then we should want to include others as well. We have to go to where people are. In Leviticus 13:45-46, Israel confronted the deadly disease of Leprosy. Leprosy was, and is, a dreaded disease longed feared. According to the Law, if an Israelite was found to have a leprous spot on their skin, they would have to cry out “unclean, unclean,” wherever they went. They would wear tattered clothes and be forced to live outside the camp in exile from everyone. Imagine what that must have been like, watching people worship and live, while you were on the outside looking in. Apart from Jesus, we are all unclean. We are born in sin, and our very nature is sin.
Imagine if we had to cry “unclean, unclean” for all our sins? Without Jesus we are lost, hopeless, and broken. Only Jesus can make us clean. The leper, if somehow Rev. Trent Rankin became cured, could go to the priest and he would declare him clean. Through the saving grace of Jesus Christ, we are made clean. Through Jesus, we have been welcomed into His kingdom. Every single person deserves the opportunity to hear the gospel message of Jesus Christ. Just as someone loved us and told us of Jesus, we owe our neighbors the same. I would imagine if someone had the cure to Leprosy, they would have given it to all those who were suffering. We have the cure for the dreaded disease of sin, Jesus Christ. It is time for us, as churches and Christians, to leave the inside walls of our churches and go outside to where the people are. It is not enough for us to have a place for ourselves in God’s kingdom, we must go outside and bring others with us. We must go to those people like we used to be, unclean, lost in sin. We must go outside and tell others about Jesus!
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