Fall Colors 2005

"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

On 21 Oct 2005 14:23:56 -0700, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

http://www.alexisparkinn.com/2005_fa...ors_flight.htm

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.

Too bad it won't last much longer...

I went flying on Wed night. Chicago-area isn't quite at peak yet, but
there are a lot of brilliant trees. It is hard to beat flying low &
slow along the river valley.

Might be a good time to visit the Mississippi.

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.
Too bad it won't last much longer...

Trees in Central Ohio started changing early this week.
Several in my neighborhood (oaks) had gone from full green to full
yellow in two days!

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.

In the Northeast US, the weather has really ruined this fall. Last Tuesday
ended a ten day rainy, low cloud and moderate-to-strong wind streak and
tomorrow begins another week's worth of the same.

I caught a glimpse of peaking colors last Monday when I broke through a
2,500 ft overcast on approach into my destination airport. The view merely
whetted my appetite for more, but alas, it will have to wait until next
year. By the time the Northeast has another VFR day, the brilliant red,
gold, and yellow will have been replaced with dull brown, grey, and purple
of trees that either completely lost their leaves or just about to do so.

--
Peter
























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Jay, here is a look at how they look in my home County now (3 days
ago)--I think we'll reach peak in about 10 days . . .


http://www.skyviewpictures.com/html/...kFallScene.htm

wrote:
Jay, here is a look at how they look in my home County now (3 days
ago)--I think we'll reach peak in about 10 days . . .


http://www.skyviewpictures.com/html/...kFallScene.htm

Beautiful! What kind of camera are you using?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Gyro-stabilized FujiProS2.

Gyro-stabilized FujiProS2.

Crap. I suspect that cost significantly more than my Canon Elph, eh?

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck wrote:

Crap. I suspect that cost significantly more than my Canon Elph, eh?

Unless you substantially overpaid for the Elph ...
http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/artic...,122054,00.asp

And that's just the camera. Gyros run the cost up a few K.

George Patterson
Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you quarrel with your neighbor.
It makes you shoot at your landlord. And it makes you miss him.

Nice pictures.

Yesterday (Saturday) I flew from Bozeman to Red Lodge for breakfast.
Flew along the north side of the Absarokas and Beartooths. Aspen and
Cottonwoods were at their peak fall colors and it was an absolutely
gorgeous day for flying.

--Walt Weaver
Bozeman, Montana