Fall Colors 2005

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

Central Wisconsin's colors are peaking right now. Best combinations that
I've seen in years, normally some trees color out before others but this
year they are all bursting at once. Some of the maples and aspens are
absolutely blinding! Nasty weather in the forecast, but this weekend may be
nice enough for some flight-seeing.
Jim

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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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...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
oups.com...
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...


There's a tree in Iowa?

There's a tree in Iowa?

Shoot, there's even a town, located about 20 miles from Iowa City,
called "Lone Tree"...

Strangely, it has more than one tree!

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

Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
oups.com...
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...


There's a tree in Iowa?

There are lots of trees in Iowa, but they are all big cedars that stay
green until they get covered with snow in the winter. Finding the small
Iowa towns' airports in the dead of winter is fun. Just look down for a
big clump of snow-covered cedars, there'll be a small town hiding
inside the trees. Finding the snow-covered runway against the
snow-covered farmlands around the airport is another story however.

wrote in message
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There are lots of trees in Iowa, but they are all big cedars that stay
green until they get covered with snow in the winter. Finding the small
Iowa towns' airports in the dead of winter is fun. Just look down for a
big clump of snow-covered cedars, there'll be a small town hiding
inside the trees. Finding the snow-covered runway against the
snow-covered farmlands around the airport is another story however.


I drove through Iowa once. I didn't see any trees. I saw a lot of corn. A
freakin' ocean of corn.

"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

Steven P. McNicoll wrote:

I drove through Iowa once. I didn't see any trees.

The trees were hiding in the corn.

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.

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!