P H O T O E S S AY A setting sun spotlights fall colors along Rough Ridge, a boulder-strewn summit near Blue Ridge Parkway Milepost 303. The 4,773-foot mountain top is less than a mile walk from the parkway. PHOTO BY J. SCOTT GRAHAM Sunburst Falls, on the West Fork of the Pigeon River, flows under the arched North Carolina Highway 215 bridge near Canton, North Carolina. PHOTO BY ROBERT STEPHENS 34 BLUERIDGECOUNTRY.COMhttp://www.BLUERIDGECOUNTRY.COM