Facing page: The brilliant colors of fall are highlighted by the wet and cloudy morning conditions in Babcock State Park in West Virginia. Above: A winter rain and ice storm silhouettes icicles on a barbed-wire fence along the Blue Ridge Parkway near Blowing Rock, North Carolina. Left: Summer wildflowers are lighted by a beautiful sunset on the Flat Top Mountain trail in Blowing Rock, North Carolina. JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2015 | 37