#leaf-peeping

#leaf-peeping

As someone who has spent decades in luxury travel-curating dream journeys to the far corners of the world-I can say with absolute certainty that my favorite destination is right where I live: Carmel, California, especially in the fall,

Departing from its 1905 depot like a moving postcard, the train follows the Toccoa River, passing sycamores and sourwoods, rolling hills, and farms along the way. It's leaf-peeping without the hairpin turns or crowded parking lots, just windows down and the car doors open wide, a thermos of cider, and the steady click of the rails. The classic trip is a 26-mile, four-hour round-trip from downtown Blue Ridge, Georgia, to the twin border towns of McCaysville, Georgia, and Copperhill, Tennessee.