Lunch in Boone at the Dan'l Boone Inn - Family style and very delicious. We walked around in Boone a while before mounting up. It was cool when we started out this morning but now is very warm. The leathers came off as soon as we stopped!  Next stop is Blowing Rock.

Blowing Rock story is a love story like Lovers Leap and Pocohantas but with the tale ending that the winds were so strong they blew the lover back up into the arms of the maiden.

You can see some fall colors below but not as much color as I would think for this time of year.