‘Tis the season! Well, for fall colors, at least. Fall colors are just starting to show their beauty and in just a couple of weeks they’ll be at their peak. (Wait… It’s October already?!)
Do you plan a special drive to view fall colors? If so, do you usually plan a special drive every year or just this year or some years? If you have a favorite fall-color drive, would you share it with us in the comments? We won’t tell, we promise!
Oh, and before you go, make sure you read Gail Marsh’s story about lesser-known leaf-peeping places you shouldn’t miss on your RV travels.
No, we live in one of the areas the leaf peeper terrorists come to.
Haaaaaz. Me too. Maine
I as well NH.
Same here, Central MA, about 15 miles from NH
Yes, about every year. But the fall colors are all around me, so I don’t have to go far unless I feel like it. I have fall colors at home, so even walking the dog at home shows me lots of color. To see more for photographing, I’ll drive along the river or go the other way into the Cascade mountains.
Living in NCW, we get to see the fall colors every time we drive into town, but there is one area that is exceptionally colorful. Heading west out of Leavenworth, WA, the drive through Tumwater canyon along the Wenatchee river is vibrant scenery!
This year we are only about 1 hour from the Blue Ridge Pkwy and so will take advantage of it and enjoy the beauty of the area. Blowing Rock and Boone will be full of tourists, but hopefully we will avoid some of that traffic. We were hoping to still be in CT and enjoy the foliage in Vermont, but the weather drove us out with those tropical storms.
I am fortunate to live in Maine, so I can just look around d my yard or ac ross the Bay to see all the vibrant colors of Fall. It’s a beautiful time of the year here. Unfortunately it’s a bad time for the locals as thousands of New Yorkers, etc pile in to leaf peep. But alas Maine is run on tourists.. Keep coming in folks.
Been there, done that, got the t-shirt! Not this year again.
Already did one on Algoma Canyon train in Sault Saint Marie Ontario. Was really nice!!
Nope. We live where it’s all around us and the dreaded leaf raking those leaves each year. To see only the snow come.
A special drive. No. Fall camping yes. Autumn has arrived on the Upper Cumberland Plateau. The last camping trip to one of our favorite campgrounds serve as “the special drive”. Our next drive will be heading south for the winter in mid November when we’ll catch the various stages of fall – just as we did when we caught the bright reds in the Adirondacks a little over a week ago before returning home. We follow the weather so we get several falls as well as several springs. That’s one of the beauties of a mobile RV lifestyle.
LOL. The drive is easy for us. We live in one of the continental U.S. top 10 fall color destinations. It also happens to be the snowiest location in the U.S. east of the Rockies. So soon after ma nature’s color show is past, we are headed south until spring.
Kudos to Gail Marsh on your article. Most of your tips, I follow, the rest I’ll apply. It is a great article on aging, and recognizing your limits. We start traveling to Texas soon and for several hundred miles we are oohing and aahing . We are usually in a few days past, but still beautiful. I especially love orange and yellow together on one tree. 💛
We don’t. BUT – we’re leaving our PACNW home in mid October for our annual “Rainbirding” escape from dark wet Puget Sound. We’ll spend most of the winter in SC, and stop in Baja on the way home in Feb to pet a few whales. Happy Campers here…
I catch it out west with the aspens turning in the Rockies and then head back home where it happens with different colors. I also head south in early March and follow spring up the east coast.
Living near the Smokies, Blue Ridge and Appalachian mountain ranges gives us the opportunity every year to make leaf peeping a tradition. However, this year we will not be taking the RV. Last year we found some wonderful cabins where we can sit on the porch and view the glory with our morning coffee — instead of looking at the side of our neighbor’s camper!
And we find the car a better mode of transportation on twisty back road. So if you do take the RV, be sure to bring the toad.
Residing in the country has its benefits. Lots of beautiful surrounding, including wildlife.
State forest that is walking distance, or half mile riding. Has a creek that flows into a river.
As an RV’r the road is at our fingertips. We can travel at will.
Did it last week! Guanella Pass to Kenosha Pass to Boreas Pass to Loveland Pass, over the Continental Divide twice, to view the aspen-covered mountainsides.
Having lived in Virginia all of my life, I see the leaves changing without having to plan a special trip. However, one of my least favorite childhood memories is driving up the Skyline Drive to see the leaves – 10 adults and 6 children squeezed into a big old Packard with most of the men smoking cigars and half the women smoking cigarettes, the lucky children in jump seats and the rest on the floor eating apple candy, which stimulated my motion sickness.
I’ve no need to make a special drive since we have a variety of fall colors all around us in this part of Oregon.
I don’t need to take a special drive. Where I live and go hunting I see all the beautiful trees in color.
I think the key word is “special ” drive. I get to enjoy the changing leaves along all the places I go so there is no need (or desire) to make a special drive. With the cost of fuel rising I just can’t justify driving anywhere that isn’t necessary. However, biking and hiking is worth it.
We’ re enjoying some of the early changing of the colors right now….
Love the drive with my wife and her association to see the beauty our creator has on display this time of year.
We had plans for eastern sierra but due to medical reasons with mother in law we have postponed
I don’t have to go anywhere except my picture window overlooking the beautiful Mississippi river valley in SE MN. That and I spend hours outdoors every day. No need to drive anywhere to see fall foliage.
In Texas it has looked like fall all summer.
No, we have a home in the Smoky Mountains. Both Fall and Spring are breathtaking!!
The oaks in my area turn and drop their BROWN leaves in February and that is when the azaleas and orange trees start to bloom. No wonder people from up north think Floridians are confused. We don’t know where Fall falls.
Day late replying to this poll, because we took the RoadTrek out for the weekend enjoying the fall colors in Northern WI and MN.
we went out last weekend into the Adirondacks to see the colors and give my wife a break from her cancer treatment funk. I hate to say this but there is a chance that this will be the last viewing we get together after 37 yrs of marriage. The colors were glorious but the company was better
I’m very sorry to hear about your wife, Scott. I hope things turn around and that you two have many more leaf-peeping opportunities in the years to come.🤞 Take care.🤗 – Diane at RVtravel.com
Yes. We just returned from Walden Colorado and the color was spectacular. The views going up Cameron Pass and coming down was so pleasing to our eyes. The mountains in that area of Colorado are as beautiful as any mountain range. With the Cache La Poudre river along the side of Highway 14 makes it a place one should not miss if in the part of Colorado. Can’t wait till next year!
Will be heading to Asheville NC to visit my youngest daughter and family. The view along the Blue Ridge Parkway is always spectacular!
Our sticks-and-bricks is about 1/3 of the way up a heavily forested ridge in the western foothills of the Appalachians. We watch the leaves turn and ultimately fall through the many windows on the back side of our house. A more panoramic view is gained by walking to our mailbox, a half mile from our house and the ridge. When we go to town we pass over our ridge and a couple of others, giving us still more leaf-peeping opportunities. So, no, will not make any special effort to see the leaves change. (Pictures available upon request.)
Sounds wonderful, Neal. What a beautiful spot for your Boondockers Welcome guests to do their leaf-peeping. Davis Farm near Chattanooga, Tennessee. Have a good afternoon/evening. 😀 –Diane