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 08/25/2005 10:19:26 PM · #101
Originally posted by KaDi:
Soni,
Time to get out the dartboard!
Seems like you have (quite) a few choices here....
1. plunk yourself down somewhere "likely" for about a week and see what happens to the leaves ("likely" can be debated)
2. fly into someplace like Albany, NY where you have a half a chance of getting decent air fare, rent a car and wander around from one DPC'r to another---one of us will likely have good foliage in our area at the time
3. move to one of the (several) most beautiful places in the Northern Hemisphere and become a "local"
4. let us all vie for your attention and whomever charms you most gets to put you up for the weekend =)
5. Your option?


Love this idea! I would love to roam the countryside!
 08/25/2005 10:43:50 PM · #102
Just so everyone knows....Northern New Hampshire is massive leaf peeper time. If you don't have a reservation for NEXT year by now, you're not going to get one THIS year at any hotel in the area.

However, if people have campers. There are all sorts of places you can set up shop. I'd offer my house in Lancaster, NH, but I'm living in my parents living room until me(and my wife and daughter) can afford a place of our own.

We've only been in the state for two months and don't have first-hand experience on where to go, other than just drive around and hope for a good spot.

I'm game on meeting whoever I can.
 08/25/2005 10:58:23 PM · #103
ok this is what I have come up with so far with Alienyst help.
If I fly in to Albany, NY. he could take me around the areas to see everyone and take pictures of all the areas. All I would need to do is get some locations from you guys and maybe go for a day to take pictures or meet up somewhere.

I am planning on staying about a week.
 08/25/2005 11:13:11 PM · #104
omg, you all have to come to ontario! when you book your tickets, give me a call! i've got a place you can stay! wake up call is at day break for some real photo opertunities, lol. ok, maybe thats a bit of exaduration!
 08/25/2005 11:34:39 PM · #105
Hey, we have trees, they have leaves, they change colors ... no crowded hotels. 'Nuf said. :-) Although, I'm sure Georgia can't compete with the consensus of upstate NY, Vermont and the likes. But North Georgia is very pretty in the fall..... I'm just sayin' :-D (I even have a nice comfy guest room that hardly ever gets any use.) LOL!

I'm just messin' with you Soni! :-) Have a great time, wish I could meet up with ya'll. :-)

Message edited by author 2005-08-25 23:35:37.
 08/25/2005 11:42:22 PM · #106
Originally posted by EddyG:
I'll put my vote in for Michigan's upper pennisula... the drive along US-2 is rated one of the top ten color tours in the nation by USA Today.

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Lots more in google of course...


Michigan was on my list, as good as anywhere except not known about as well. Maybe I'm anti-social. I have a friend from Michigan that says the upper part is the place to go. The problem comes in getting there. If I had enough time to spend that is where I would go. Build an airport up there or something.

Tim
 08/26/2005 05:35:51 AM · #107
Greetings,
[quote=pitsaman] Vermont and NH are very cute in Fall, foliage is awesome.
Only problem there are no places to stay and lack of Public lands.


HUH??? Since when, we have this little thingy here called a national forest, which along with open timber company lands, and state lands makes up like 80% of the land in the White Mountains area... As for places to stay, tons of B & B's and hotel/motels etc, although reservations are always a good thing, but who the heck would go any distance on a trip without reservations????
Mike


[quote=pitsaman]
Most of the cute scenery is on private land and difficult to get access to it.Hotels are in very small numbers .You have to drive to a big towns to find one and they are 100% booked in October. I end up sleeping two nights in my car last year because everything was full in 200 mile stretch of Vermont.


08/26/2005 09:58:31 AM · #108
My wife and I (prozac) live in Albany, so I'm sure we'll be around.

:)

Originally posted by Sonifo:
ok this is what I have come up with so far with Alienyst help.
If I fly in to Albany, NY. he could take me around the areas to see everyone and take pictures of all the areas. All I would need to do is get some locations from you guys and maybe go for a day to take pictures or meet up somewhere.

I am planning on staying about a week.
08/26/2005 01:22:55 PM · #109
Michigan... Upper or lower. With all the lakes and trees we have it's just amazing.
08/26/2005 01:40:46 PM · #110
Originally posted by Niten:
Michigan was on my list, as good as anywhere except not known about as well.

Indeed!

The upper peninsula of Michigan is 16,452 square miles (42,610 km), almost one-third of the land area of the state and about the size of Denmark! But only 328,000 people -- 3% of the state's population -- live there! So it is definitely nice and rural, with vast expanses of nature at its finest.

(But there are 3 state universities up there!)

Originally posted by Niten:
If I had enough time to spend that is where I would go. Build an airport up there or something.

Ah come on... =] there are several to choose from! Maybe not with direct service from lots of airports, but still... CMX, ESC, IMT, CIU and SAW.

Another option would be to fly into a larger airport in the lower peninsula, then rent a car and drive to the UP. That way you can experience driving across the 5-mile long Mackinac Bridge that connects the two peninsulas...

Message edited by author 2005-08-26 13:43:06.
 08/26/2005 01:51:34 PM · #111
I have heard that the Ozarks in Missouri are absolutely stunning mid October.

I can vouch for middle Wisconsin. Last autumn the foliage was drop dead gorgeous. I would've loved to have seen the colors further up north.

08/26/2005 02:29:32 PM · #112
I'll be near Syracuse, NY on October 15th. Are there any waterfalls near there? I heard that foliage should be near peak or right after peak at that time.
 08/26/2005 02:53:48 PM · #113
Originally posted by Sonifo:
So far we have:

Vermont
New Hampshire
Canada
Lake George Region
New York
Michigan
Colorado
Pennsylvania
Pikes Peak, Iowa
Red Wing, Minnesota
New England
Bear Mountain Bridge
blue ridge parkway
Oregon to Agnes


How come dahkota's suggestion of "Skyline Drive and the Shenandoah Valley" was overlooked for this list? It's famous for fall foliage views.

Or you can avoid the crowds of tourists by going a ridge or two farther west into wild, wonderful West Virginia.

There's a reason why the people who live there call it God's Country. It's beautiful in the fall, and relatively undeveloped.
08/26/2005 03:50:59 PM · #114
Being a great fan of fall season I have tried to explore different areas famous for their fall colors. Vermont , NH, New England, Upper pennisula MI, Colorado, Smokey mountains and above all a road trip on Blue ridge highway was something magical all in all.

However, I must admit Canadian fall colors were simply breath taking and I still long for another mesmerizing trip.




08/26/2005 04:05:01 PM · #115
Originally posted by MeThoS:
I'll be near Syracuse, NY on October 15th. Are there any waterfalls near there? I heard that foliage should be near peak or right after peak at that time.


This one is about an hour from Syracuse. It's the tallest single-stage waterfall in the US east of the Mississippi. PM me if you want directions. There are quite a lot of other great falls nearby in the Ithaca and Watkins Glen area as well.
 08/26/2005 04:42:11 PM · #116
Yes, come join us in New Hampshire/Vermont. You wont be alone. We regularly have tourbuses in town during peak foliage. It's really quite impressive (both the leaves and the insane amount of tourists who come for leaves).
 08/26/2005 04:54:52 PM · #117
It is also beautiful on the Parkway in and around Linville, NC and Grandfather Mountain. We get a load of lookers up here but I've heard the fall leaves up north are truely beautiful.
 08/26/2005 04:59:04 PM · #118
My alma matter has a very popular annual Autumn Leaf Festival. I'm sure I'll be up there again this year if anyone wants to tag along! :)
 08/26/2005 05:45:08 PM · #119
Originally posted by MeThoS:
I'll be near Syracuse, NY on October 15th. Are there any waterfalls near there? I heard that foliage should be near peak or right after peak at that time.


See the post eqsite made on the other board. I was just about to post some of those same links. Taughannock Falls is the highest single drop falls in the US - yes, higher than Niagara, just not as big.
 08/26/2005 05:45:39 PM · #120
Any where there's trees!!! Probably not southwest Kansas! You can look for miles and see 2 or 3 trees and that's it.
09/02/2005 11:21:44 AM · #121
got myself a map, now if I could just open kadi's file. LOL
 09/02/2005 11:26:15 AM · #122
Originally posted by Sonifo:
got myself a map, now if I could just open kadi's file. LOL


Tell me what you're running and I'll convert it. I can make it into any sort of word document you like--or, perhaps, you'd like a PDF (Adobe Acrobat)? The Excel file allows you to sort columns, but if you can't see it it's pretty useless. =)
 09/02/2005 01:02:58 PM · #123
Originally posted by KaDi:
Originally posted by Sonifo:
got myself a map, now if I could just open kadi's file. LOL


Tell me what you're running and I'll convert it. I can make it into any sort of word document you like--or, perhaps, you'd like a PDF (Adobe Acrobat)? The Excel file allows you to sort columns, but if you can't see it it's pretty useless. =)


I do have adobe acrobat.

Strange thing is..I downloaded that program that Di link me to and it still didn't work. hrmm..
Thanks (hug)
Soni
09/02/2005 01:36:08 PM · #124
Soni: It's on its way!
 09/02/2005 01:42:35 PM · #125
Vermont and New Hampshire are very nice. PA has many nice spots as well that are less crowded. Don't forget Maine though if you are in Vermont and New Hampshire it is well worth the trip to drive up the coast.
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