[at-l] Fall Foliage

[Steve Landis]

One of the sites that I check this time of year... 
http://www.foliagenetwork.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&id=6&Itemid=53
or
http://tinyurl.com/3tuvum

Steve


Art Cloutman wrote:
> Local weather forecasters are claiming this will be a banner year for 
> Fall Colors in New Hampshire (probably all of New England).  We have had 
> an unusual amount of rain this summer.  The last storm dropped over 5 
> inches of rain in 3 hours.  The lake was several inches above normal,  
> Our piers were underwater or floating away.   Because of all this rain 
> the trees are very healthy and full of nutrients.  From the White 
> Mountains northward the peak color should occur between September 25 to 
> October 5.  The middle of the state should peak from Oct 1 to October 
> 12.  The rest of the state will follow to the middle of the month.  Of 
> course it will take a couple more weeks after peak before the leaves 
> turn brown and fall to the ground.  {That's when I have a couple weeks 
> of leaf cleanup to perform.)  When I thru hiked in 2004, I reached the 
> Whites after the second week in September. People hiking at that time 
> got a spectacular feast of fall colors. I'm hoping to get out and do a 
> few miles during this season.  But, much of my time will be spent 
> tending my wife who is about to have her second thumb joint replacement 
> surgery.  Last October she had knee replacement.   Then in June she had 
> her left thumb operated on. It is suppose to take 4 months to recover 
> but Sue tends to heal quickly.  She was opening jars after 2 months.
> 
> I guess I've rambled.  Some of it is hiker AT related.