The fall foliage forecast has been dismal due to the summer drought. Honestly, the last few years the foliage colors have been kind of lackluster, anyway, so what's another sucky year, right?
Much to our spectacular surprise, though, the colors have been amazing.
The best part is that we don't even have to trek up into the mountains to see this. Peak foliage is just hitting its stride here, and a simple drive down most any back road will cause jaws to drop. Drive a side route instead of the highway and amazed. Cruise along any random neighborhood, and you'll be pulling over to whip out the cellphone camera.
Today, a simple trip to a wine tasting a few miles away turned into a two-hour driving tour of ooooohhhs and aaaahhhhhs, with multiple random pull-overs to take pictures of the autumn colors.
Some people enjoy the sick distress of sitting in highway traffic just to be able to say they saw a few minutes of the foliage from Cathedral Ledge or the Kancamagus or the Adirondacks or the Green Mountains. I say just hold your cameras for a dang minute and the foliage will come to you without the gasoline emissions and the swearing and the never-ending mobs of people.
Enjoy, people. By this time next week, it will almost be over and winter will be here. That's when the real fun starts.
