Attention, autumnophiles: Here are a million golden Virginia leaves at 45 mph

Stop. Before fall gets away from you the way summer did, check out this 60-second drive through Virginia as its leaves are changing.

I did this drive on the Blue Ridge Parkway between Bedford and Roanoke in late October, so by now, half of the leaves you see in this video are down and disintegrating. But for this golden moment, they festooned the parkway like a million paper lanterns. It was a nice drive.

For an update on where to go and what the leaves are up to now, check this Blue Ridge Parkway Fall Colors Tracker.

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