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Thank you all. It does not look like I am going to find the time to get there but I am glad I took the trip I did for the shots above.

Starting to see the colors pop around here:

any suggestions on where the color is currently worth going for currently? I may still venture that way if it is worthwhile.

Falls Lake is 245.76 Feet so we are about 2-3 days from reaching the summer low.

In a few days it looks like Falls Lake will fall below its summer low point of around 245.55 feet. It is now at 245.86 and dropping. I am afraid we could rival the 2007 lows if this keeps up.

It was too late for Dolly Sods and the remnants of Isaias did a number on the higher elevation leaves but I hit some real nice spots near Monterey VA and at the Blackwater Canyon in WV as well as near Seneca Rocks (which is an awesome place color or not). These were all taken on 10/15 and 10/16.

I am glad I skipped Linn Cove this year as I heard it was a zoo even at sunrise now. I used to go every year for fall but this time I went for WV/VA.

Another 5 to 6 inches and it will match the summer low point.

I agree the rusty colors of post peak can sometimes put on their own show. If the leaf drop is not horrible, Smugglers Notch can put on a good post peak show as I recall. This was a shot I got back on 10/17/2015:

Yeah the water restrictions will likely come back.

This is a better depiction of the lake level without previous years shown. It is on the way to the lows we saw over the summer once again and this week at least looks completely dry.

Falls Lake is becoming an issue again for sure:

Well it looks to be dry as a bone this week. So much for any rain from that coastal.

I got a shot of the funnel which was rainwrapped on this storm. It was on the ground at one point as seen here in the NWS damage survey. I had to dehaze in lightroom to really bring it out. I was just west of where the touchdown occurred

Got this near Morrisville (Had to dehaze in post to really see it due to it being rainwrapped. After there was some tree debris on I-40 between 283 and 284