A family, a camera, some patience: An unforgettable sunset

A family, a camera, some patience: An unforgettable sunset

A man and his family were enjoying the view from Mills River Valley Overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway this past Friday evening. Evidently seeing the two cameras strapped around my neck, he correctly deduced that I was a photographer. He approached and, in broken English, asked whether there was a chance that the then gray, wispy clouds on the horizon could produce a colorful sunset “para mi familia.” Ten minutes prior to sunset I told him that …