Nighttime and early morning is freezing (and the afternoons are a hot sweaty mess)

So I brought out my old fall playlist. 

The Dubliners, Ingrid Michaelson, Ellie Goulding, Chairlift, Flogging Molly, Cara Beth Satalino, The Avett Brothers, Adele, Ella Fitzgerald, Will Hoge, Sara Bareilles, Old Crow Medicine Show, Meiko, The Rolling Stones, Kings of Leon, Feist, and more…

But it’s making me miss the trip from Clemson to Asheville…

The Blue Ridge Parkway.

with blue and purple peaks covered by red and gold and yellow and green masses and chunks of leaves, orange curled crunches on the ground, stopping in the dirt to pick apples down a long row of trees, secluded in a valley, chugging fresh apple juice out of an old glass jug, wearing button ups and sweaters and hugging friends…