Foliage Hunting

Just a quick update on my foliage chase for the year. I've had a couple days where I could take pictures and both days of course it has rained and been crummy. I have Sunday off this weekend and I probably don't have to tell you what the weather is supposed to be like.

We did take a drive around the White Mountains this past Sunday where the foliage appears to be peaking. The hike we had planned was cut short by the girls splashing in puddles until they were too soaked to go for an hours walk in the drizzle. We got to eat at Bill and Bob's one more time before they close for the year but were restricted by the weather to being touristy leaf peepers mostly from the car. I tried to make the best of it and get what pictures I could. If you'd like to see them you can find the White Mountains photos here. if you'd like to see it for yourself you should go soon. It was the best color I've seen in 5 or 6 years at least.

Today I wet to scout out the leaves and trails at Pawtuckaway State Park. I didn't do much hiking, just over 2 miles in all, and the color is nowhere near peak (probably another week to 10 days I'd guess for that) but there was a few isolated spots of color around a pond there so I did what I could with that. I also checked out the Boulders Natural Area which is a bunch of house sized boulders the glaciers left behind when they melted away. They were pretty awesome to finally see after reading about them for years. There's a few pictures of those too but I didn't explore them too much because it started raining again and I plan on going back when the leaves are better. To see the pictures from today you can click right here.

That's about it for now. We're all finally getting over our colds and hopefully will be out and about again soon. Brooke is doing great with school, Emily needs to get apple picking for the first time and hiking with the fall colors is always nice since it turns the usually almost viewless trails around here into beautiful walks in the woods. All we need now if for the rain to go away!!