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Cyn,

What magnificent pictures, particularly the ones with the monarch butterflies. You live in one beautiful area. My aunt has a place in Tennessee and she gets so many hummingbirds, cardinals, and squirrels. It is so unbelievable how close to wildlife you can be.

suze

Well I lived in both states & I prefer Vermont. But NH might technically get better "color" because of higher mountains? Are the White Mountains higher altitude then the Green Mountains? I'm not sure.

Also colors depend on the exact weather patterns within each particular year. Some years are just more vibrant than others. Also how far south or north you are talking about within each state.

AnnMarie_C

Fabulous photos, cyn!!! Thank you for sharing them. By the way, who is cyn and why are you stalking him/her/it?!? ;-)

JJ5

We have all the ones you pictured as well, except I have not seen a bear in some years now as far South as I am. And coyote, raccoon and deer in over-abundance. This is on a 600 acre lake in the Michigan wetlands of Cass County SouthWest MI.

We used to have 2 families of swan 5 years ago-and now we have 13 swans in 4 family territories. If I were there more, I would start to be the Jane Goodall of swans on my lake system. Mute white swans and extremely large. Their wingspans are phenomenal, and you do not want your pets, dogs or small children to mess with them.

My kids think I am loco over swans. I know who I am looking at though, like they do on Merkat Manor. And I follow them for miles to their marshes in my rubber dingy. I think pretty soon somebody is going to either skedadle to another lake system or get his butt whipped. When they teach their young to fly, it is the most audible experience- it makes the hair on your arms rise up. They are whop-whop-whopping across the water like overloaded 757's.

I bet you can tell I wish I were there right now. But I SO enjoyed your pictures, enough that I am inspired to make it a practice when I have time and live there permanently. It would be a great advocation. Your place is beautiful.

bm

Vermont is covered with decidious trees and many, many more maples than NH. New Hampshire, especially northern, is mostly pine.
I'm biased, but I strontly prefer Vermont.

tracys2cents

From Moosehead Maine to Bar Harbor Maine via Dover Foxcroft and Lucerne.

hunterblu

my favorite place for fall colors is the Smoky Mountains, but if we can't get there then my fav place is watching the ash tree in the backyard change colors....

http://s110.photobucket.com/albums/n...gAnch=imgAnch1

JJ5

Cool!. My two ashes are babies. I have a red sunset Maple that is small but glorious. Just heard a long explanation about the different chemicals that make up red versus orange versus yellow. It's so much prettier just to look and not know, I think.

Fodorite018

Vermont. Although when we lived near Saratoga, NY we had amazing color there too! I really miss that vibrant color. The PNW just does not compare when it comes to this.

sharondi

Upstate NY's Mohawk Valley region along with all of northern NY has incredible fall color. 6 million acres of color in the Adirondacks.

repete

Minnesota's North Shore of Lake Superior, Great colors, crisp air and a little big of graggy inland "ocean" coastline in the heart of the Midwest.

http://www.johndee.com/pix/2004/oct17-6s.jpg

celfan

I live in Vermont but I also enjoy NH foliage. The pines act as a contrast and make the colors seem brighter. I'm not really into the VT-NH rivalry. Although we give more to charity and are much better looking

celfan

And I should add that there is just something about foliage in the Berkshires. Its hard to explain why. They may not have the mountains of NH and VT, but there's something about the rolling hills and just the right amount of fog at the base of the trees. Really quite stunning.

PamT

repete,

Love Split Rock Lighthouse and the north shore drive! Great picture as well =D> Alas, we won't get that far this fall. Only going as far as Bayfield for a nice long weekend next weekend. But I'm content with that this year as well - should be a lovely drive for us. The colors are really starting to "pop".

nini

Of course the foliage was gorgeous in New England in October when we were there five years ago for son's wedding. But a place not to be overlooked for a fall visit is Shaker Village near Harrodsburg Kentucky. We were there in mid November and 27,000 acres of trees were ablaze with beautiful colors. Dinner as well as lunch in the inn there is served by candlelight and oil lanterns. The vegetables served are grown right there.

BuffaloGirl

Almost anywhere in New York State, but the Adirondacks are just beautiful in full bloom.

Vermont as well.

repete

PamT,
Bayfield is great -- especially if you like whitefish livers !

Lovely area.

Stephanie

I haven't been to the spectacular places people listed above. However, remember hiking several times through Ohiopyle in SW PA, 19,000 acre one, that around October 9th had brilliant yellows and reds hills, especially when you followed the bike trail.

amaclise

central Vermont on I 89 north of White River Junction.

bgans

Williamstown, MA - where I went to college. My favorite place was sitting on the side of the hill leading down to the college's football/soccer practice fields and looking up at the mountains that surround the campus - there is a reason the place is called the Purple Valley. I think my senior year was the most spectacular, maybe because I knew it would be my last.