Fall Foliage, 10/18

Fall Foliage has us running all over our coverage area.

Our section of Massachusetts is the last to turn. 

Cape Cod doesn't turn until Halloween, and you can still do worthwhile foliage drives a week/ten days into November.

October windstorms cripple our efforts somewhat, and we have had two in the last ten days.

Wind tends to blow the leaves off the trees...

...or just blow down the tree itself.

If you have my job, you tend to fall in love with certain trees. This is one our MVPs, although the light was horrible when I was moving down this part of Route 105.

Route 105 rules. If you asked me to draw up a foliage road trip for you, I would be amazingly detailed, sending you down side streets and down walking paths from Truro to Holbrook to Brockton to Seekonk.. If you asked for less detail, I'd say "Route 105." 

105 hasn't peaked yet, at least totally.

Eastern Massachusetts is pretty flat, and I mean sea level flat. You can't stand on a mountaintop and look down on a valley of crimson and gold. That's why God made New Hampshire. Here, you instead have to look for individual trees, sometimes even individual leaves.

The other trees hate on this tree for turning so early. They view her like you and I view someone who puts their Christmas lights up before Veterans Day.

Your best bet is to find a cooperative lake or pond. This is Mill Pond, in Duxbury.

Hiding from hazy sunshine helps me at times.

See?

If the "Route 105" answer from before was too generalized, "Rochester" is a good enough answer.

Middleboro and Rehoboth would get Place and Show.

Red foliage is harder to find. If you're planting trees for whatever reason, I can't urge you strongly enough to think "Red Maple."

We caught Monponsett Lake pretty much as she was turning, as you can see from this leaf.

Same tree, finished product.

Mopo dominated our foliage run.

We'll be back with more!