Best Leaf-Peeping Flight?

My Top Two votes:

1. Up the Mississippi River valley from Savannah, IL north to LaCrosse, WI.

With this sudden, early cold snap, the colors in the Midwest have abruptly
changed, and I imagine the flight past the bluffs that mark the confluence
of the Wisconsin and Mississippi Rivers will be even more stunning than in
years past. (I'm hoping to do that flight Sunday afternoon.)

2. Over Lake McBride and the Coralville Reservoir, just a few miles north of
Iowa City.

A heavily wooded area of hills and ravines, the late afternoon sun really
digs deep into the parkland forest, setting off the brilliant colors along
the shoreline.

What's your vote?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
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The best leaf peeping I've ever had was a low level flight up from Danbuy to
Springfueld MA. I flew at 500 feet above the trees, and every hill was a new
burst of color - it was spectacular. It wasn't even for leaf peeping, it was
aviation related. I was going to visit somebody who had set up a space shuttle
simulator at the middle school (he wanted some C++ programming done) I just
got lucky with the time of year and the weather.

Jose




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"Jay Honeck" writes:

My Top Two votes:

1. Up the Mississippi River valley from Savannah, IL north to LaCrosse, WI.

With this sudden, early cold snap, the colors in the Midwest have abruptly
changed, and I imagine the flight past the bluffs that mark the confluence
of the Wisconsin and Mississippi Rivers will be even more stunning than in
years past. (I'm hoping to do that flight Sunday afternoon.)

2. Over Lake McBride and the Coralville Reservoir, just a few miles north of
Iowa City.

A heavily wooded area of hills and ravines, the late afternoon sun really
digs deep into the parkland forest, setting off the brilliant colors along
the shoreline.

What's your vote?

From Big Sur up north just past the Golden Gate, about a mile off the
coast, doing 70 to 80 knots. Hm... Bach's Brandenburg Concerto #3
would be a good backdrop for the trip (Vivaldi would be too cliche...)

-jav

On Sat, 09 Oct 2004 03:19:27 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

What's your vote?

Every September for several years (not this year, alas) I've flown up
to Lake Winnipesaukee, refuel at Moultonborough, thence along the
Sandwich Notch Road to Thornton, along I-93 to Lincoln, thence over
the Kancamagus Highway to Conway, and so to home (Hampton airfield).
This in New Hampshire, I should add.

That's what I was doing on 9/11, when I was grounded for an hour at
Moultonborough. www.pipercubforum.com/defcon.htm

A year later I completed the trip, a very emotional flight. I surfed
over the heigh-of-land on the Kancamagus Highway, or so it felt. The
leaves are just beginning to turn at that time of year in the
mountains, so you get all sorts of colors mixed together. (It's rather
like that now in southern New Hampshire.) Then too it's mostly
evergreens in the mountains, so you get that green-black background.

Fall colors from the air are particularly impressive--I think because
the viewpoint is not ordinary. You very rapidly become accustomed to
the local colors. We pulled a boat the first week of October last
year. I wasn't conscious of any notable color while working on the
project, but was amazed when I looked at the photographs and saw that
the leaves had turned.

The conventional wisdom is that this won't be a particularly good year
for color in New England. Not enough stress? Personally, I've figured
that a wet summer (which we had) and a dry autumn is the recipe for
color in the fall.
all the best -- Dan Ford
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The conventional wisdom is that this won't be a particularly good year
for color in New England. Not enough stress? Personally, I've figured
that a wet summer (which we had) and a dry autumn is the recipe for
color in the fall.

Dan, some friends and I are leaving central PA on October 18 or 19,
going to Owls Head, Maine, and then on to the Canadian Maritimes.

Any chance there will still be any color that late? We couldn't leave
any earlier.

Wanna tour the Maritimes with us?

vince norris

Dan, some friends and I are leaving central PA on October 18 or 19,
going to Owls Head, Maine, and then on to the Canadian Maritimes.

Any chance there will still be any color that late? We couldn't leave
any earlier.

The "rural legend" holds that Franconia Notch on Columbus's Birthday
is the largest city in New Hampshire. (It may no longer be true, now
that the Old Man of the Mountains fell down.) So October 11 is or was
considered a prime leaf time in northern New Hampshire. I should
think the Maine coast would would be later than the mountains.

Dunno what the foliage is like in that part of Maine. That's the Land
of the Pointed Fir. Hereabouts it's mostly white pine. But I suppose
you get plenty of hardwoods everywhere.

Nice museum at Owl's Head, too.


all the best -- Dan Ford
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Cub Driver wrote:
Dan, some friends and I are leaving central PA on October 18 or 19,
going to Owls Head, Maine, and then on to the Canadian Maritimes.

Any chance there will still be any color that late? We couldn't leave
any earlier.


The "rural legend" holds that Franconia Notch on Columbus's Birthday
is the largest city in New Hampshire. (It may no longer be true, now
that the Old Man of the Mountains fell down.) So October 11 is or was
considered a prime leaf time in northern New Hampshire. I should
think the Maine coast would would be later than the mountains.

Dunno what the foliage is like in that part of Maine. That's the Land
of the Pointed Fir. Hereabouts it's mostly white pine. But I suppose
you get plenty of hardwoods everywhere.

Nice museum at Owl's Head, too.


all the best -- Dan Ford
email: (put Cubdriver in subject line)

Warbird's Forum www.warbirdforum.com
Piper Cub Forum www.pipercubforum.com
Viva Bush! www.vivabush.org
Colors are beginning to peak here northwest of Boston. Columbus Day is
the traditional day to climb Mt. Monadnock. It's an easy climb, but it
is crowded. Sometimes you have to park several miles away. You can fly
around the mountain but I've never enjoyed it as much as just hiking or
driving.

Cub Driver wrote:
Dan, some friends and I are leaving central PA on October 18 or 19,
going to Owls Head, Maine, and then on to the Canadian Maritimes.

Any chance there will still be any color that late? We couldn't leave
any earlier.


The "rural legend" holds that Franconia Notch on Columbus's Birthday
is the largest city in New Hampshire. (It may no longer be true, now
that the Old Man of the Mountains fell down.) So October 11 is or was
considered a prime leaf time in northern New Hampshire. I should
think the Maine coast would would be later than the mountains.

Dunno what the foliage is like in that part of Maine. That's the Land
of the Pointed Fir. Hereabouts it's mostly white pine. But I suppose
you get plenty of hardwoods everywhere.

Nice museum at Owl's Head, too.


all the best -- Dan Ford
email: (put Cubdriver in subject line)

Warbird's Forum www.warbirdforum.com
Piper Cub Forum www.pipercubforum.com
Viva Bush! www.vivabush.org
Colors are beginning to peak here northwest of Boston. Columbus Day is
the traditional day to climb Mt. Monadnock. It's an easy climb, but it
is crowded. Sometimes you have to park several miles away. You can fly
around the mountain but I've never enjoyed it as much as just hiking or
driving.

Dan, some friends and I are leaving central PA on October 18 or 19,
going to Owls Head, Maine, and then on to the Canadian Maritimes.

Any chance there will still be any color that late? We couldn't leave
any earlier.

The "rural legend" holds that Franconia Notch on Columbus's Birthday
is the largest city in New Hampshire. (It may no longer be true, now
that the Old Man of the Mountains fell down.) So October 11 is or was
considered a prime leaf time in northern New Hampshire. I should
think the Maine coast would would be later than the mountains.

Dunno what the foliage is like in that part of Maine. That's the Land
of the Pointed Fir. Hereabouts it's mostly white pine. But I suppose
you get plenty of hardwoods everywhere.

Nice museum at Owl's Head, too.


all the best -- Dan Ford
email: (put Cubdriver in subject line)

Warbird's Forum www.warbirdforum.com
Piper Cub Forum www.pipercubforum.com
Viva Bush! www.vivabush.org

"vincent p. norris" wrote in message
...
The conventional wisdom is that this won't be a particularly good year
for color in New England. Not enough stress? Personally, I've figured
that a wet summer (which we had) and a dry autumn is the recipe for
color in the fall.

Dan, some friends and I are leaving central PA on October 18 or 19,
going to Owls Head, Maine, and then on to the Canadian Maritimes.

Any chance there will still be any color that late? We couldn't leave
any earlier.

I flew from Boston down through the NYC area over the weekend. Up around
Worcester/No. CT the leaves were about 30% turned but not much South of
that. Boston still is pretty green owing to warmer temps on the water.

I suspect you'll still see color but more towards the southern part of your
trip and along the coastlines. I hear it was pretty well underway in NH last
weekend.

-cwk.