{"id":1232,"date":"2010-10-02T18:48:13","date_gmt":"2010-10-02T23:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikewalkerphotography.com\/?p=1232"},"modified":"2010-10-03T18:50:02","modified_gmt":"2010-10-03T23:50:02","slug":"checking-the-trees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikewalkerphotography.com\/?p=1232","title":{"rendered":"Checking the trees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1233\" title=\"_MSW0718-2\" src=\"http:\/\/mikewalkerphotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/MSW0718-2-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikewalkerphotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/MSW0718-2-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mikewalkerphotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/MSW0718-2-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">On Saturday evening I drove up to Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park to see if the trees had started their change to fall color. \u00a0It was still very green in the mountains but you can see the change has begun and likely will be in full swing by next weekend.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Heading out of the park, I stopped at the Gooney Run overlook to watch the sun disappear. 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