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Autumn Color : Why I Love Fall Best

Tuesday, November 15th, 2011

Why Autumn?

Why do I like Autumn best?

Autumn is the harvest. Of reaping what is has been sown.

It’s the mellowing, angled light of the fall sun; the long shadows in the late afternoons cast by the autumn sun hanging low in the southwestern sky.

The cycle of gentle decay, of dying leaves  that bloom with magnificent color, a beautiful farewell and promise of another spring after the hard winter ahead. A celebration of the cyclic nature of things here on this earth.

It’s just a fancy way of saying it’s the colors of autumn that make the season my favorite.

Sometimes winter gets ahead of herself, moving in with an early storm and hastening, with the chill wind, an early blanket of white snow, adding it’s own color to a wintry-autumn scene.

Winter in Autumn – photos from Cheyenne, Wyoming by Roy Barnes

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Visit a classic Fall Color photo album from 2006

Mt. Rainier National ParkBy Jill Irwin
originally published in
Pacific Northwest Seasons and reposted with the author’s permission

If you time it just right between storms and the first big snows, late October is a spectacular time to hike and explore the Cascades and east of the mountains. This is the first of several posts on my fall road trip to southeast Washington, northeast Oregon, and a teeny bit of Idaho. And just two days after I did this hike, the first big snowstorm hit the Cascades. Close, huh?

As we’re driving east on Highway 410 (Chinook Scenic Byway) on the northern edge of Mount Rainier National Park, the two-lane road climbs and switchbacks up and up to increasingly magnificent views of surrounding peaks and autumn colors. “Ohmygosh, can you believe that big patch of red?” I yelp, pointing to a brilliant slash of scarlet foliage on the slopes above.

Just before we arrive at Chinook Pass, the sun comes out. I can tell this is the beginning of a great autumn road trip.

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Fall Color in Switzerland

Friday, October 29th, 2010

Regular Traveler contributor Roy Barnes submits the following photos from the mountains and bogs of Switzerland to add to our 2010 Fall Color Series:

Entlebuch Switzerland Chessiloch Path
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Fall Color in Vermont

Wednesday, October 20th, 2010

Images of Autumn – Vermont Fall Colors

Images by Leonora Forslund

Red, Gold, and Green
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Fall Color 2010 – the Spirit of Autumn

Sunday, September 26th, 2010

Autumn is a time of quiet reflection, of harvest, of bringing in the fruits of our labors in preparation for the starkness of winter. It is our favorite time of year here at the Traveler. Throughout the next few weeks, we will post video and still photography that, for us, captures the spirit of Autumn.

Fall Color in New Mexico

Fall color resources

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