‘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 almost October already?!)
There’s something magical about watching the landscape change day by day, like nature is putting on a show just for you.
Whether it’s a winding mountain pass, a quiet country road, or even your favorite local park, those brilliant reds, oranges, and yellows have a way of making an ordinary drive feel unforgettable. Heck, even your drive home from the grocery store is probably beautiful!
Of course, timing is everything. Catch the leaves too early and you miss the full show, wait too long and you’re left with bare branches and crunchy piles underfoot. That’s part of the fun, though—planning just the right trip and hoping the season cooperates.
Will you plan a special drive to view fall colors this year? 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 from a couple of years ago about lesser-known leaf-peeping places you shouldn’t miss on your RV travels.
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As a former teacher who lives in the Midwest, I could never get to New England to view the colors. Now that I’m retired, we are leaving Tuesday for a 3 week trip through New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. This is a dream vacation for me.
Hope you enjoy it. Some of the trees in the Pocono mountains in Pa have already lost their leaves. Probably because in the beginning we had too much rain, then we had a long spell without rain. Some trees seem to maybe have had a blight.
Things are already starting to look good here in NH. Do yourself a favor and stay put on weekends, as the traffic will be horrendous. Traveling on weekdays is much more pleasant.
Nope. We live where it’s all around us and have the work of cleaning up all those colors on the ground oh what fun, not.
Us too!
Me too, only I’m in a wooded area so not much raking, Most just stay on the ground
Living in the pacific Northwest we do have fall here and many of the trees change colors and maybe someday I’ll get around to the east coast but I love the seasons here in the Pacific Northwest.
For us the plan is pretty simple – get in the car and drive. We LIVE in one of the top fall color destinations – the Keweenaw Peninsula, which juts half-way out into Lake Superior from the top of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. We usually squeeze in a couple day trips during our preparation to be gone for the winter before snow arrives.
For what it is worth, the colors are just getting started, mostly on the elevated areas. We made our first trip up to the top of Michigan yesterday.
I said “no”. The whole state of WA is on fire and many highways through the mountains are closed. Those that are not will be crowded and emergency crews are warning us to expect delays so they can get their equipment to these very active wildfires.
No, I live in the area around Camp David in Maryland. People come here to look at the trees. We even have a large event called Color Fest in our town, Thurmont.
Have attended it many times over the years!
The gorgeous golden Aspens in the high Sierra are enough for me, and I don’t have to travel very far.
While not as spectacular as the Colorado aspen or the eastern hardwood forests, northwestern Montana has its own fall gold. Starting in late August the ferns start going shades of gold and brown, followed by the low shrubs on the mountainsides going gold to red, then the cottonwoods and the few small aspen groves we have go to the golds and a few reds. The finale is provided by the larch/tamarack forests. Entire mountainsides go to a soft gold. As the needles lose their grip and fall to the ground, the ground goes golden until the winter snows finally arrive. So, we just enjoy what’s right around us here.
No need to travel. We are in Adirondack Maple tree country surrounded by shades of yellow, gold, orange, red, and, maroon.
I see them everyday and hate what it is telling me about Lake Effect Snow along Northern Lake Michigan.
I answered yes because we have a home in the Blue Ridge Mountains and every drive this time of year is special. Every corner reveals a breathtaking scene.
T&S, when is the peak time for your area? We just built a home in Travelers Rest Sc, north of Greenville and thought it might be later in the fall for the best colors vs the time we have in upstate NY
See so many on the lawn in the back that needs to be picked up~ I get my fill!
We mostly take a drive every year.
Not planning a special drive, but will be driving through leaf country anyway.
No special trips for leaf peeping.
I think the correct question should have been “Have you ever planned a trip to see the fall colors?” And YES we have and it was one of our best RV Trips. Maine to the lower Appalachians.
We were stationed in Maine for three and a half years. Seen plenty, don’t plan on driving special to view but if we are in the area….
No. We have fall colors all around us.
went to the Adirondacks this past weekend…peak colors in the park.