"Jay Honeck" wrote

Of course, the pictures don't do the flight justice (they never do),
but this year -- once feared to be a real "dud" for fall colors -- has
turned out to be quite beautiful here in Iowa.

Boy, you are right. those are some of the most intense, and contrasting
colors I have ever seen.

Here in the mountains of NC, the colors are almost always the second week of
October. This year, they have just now started to turn. It is hard to say
how they will turn out, at this point.
--
Jim in NC