I have something of an interest in fall foliage. I’m spending a ton of time on Yankee Magazines Facebook fan page for fall foliage. My Vistaphotography fan page has been lagging a bit because of all the questions that pop in from people from all over the globe who plan to visit New England this and every autumn.
This is the cover of Globe weekend fall foliage edition.
I was on the Boston Globe weekend magazine a couple of Sunday’s ago and it coupled with an interview on the Weather Channel with Jim Cantore. I recorded it and put the video up on Youtube… I’ve been interviewed on the radio before (and currently on Thurdays at 11:10AM EST on 980 WCAP in the Merrimack Valley.
Of course the big question is when will peak be? and equally tough to answer is: How do I ensure I don’t miss it? 
I don’t think folks are too happy with some of my answers which may be a bit too truthful… To start, I don’t work for the Tourism Division of any state so what you get from me is what I see and not what it takes to get more visitors into our stores. If there is no color the that’s what I’ll tell you.
Ok, the answer to the first question: I don’t know! I can usually anticipate that between the 28th of Sept and 20th of October we will have great color somewhere in New England… and with a good system of foliage spotter friends throughout New England and talking to forest rangers and people who know a lot more than I do I have educated myself on when to expect good if not “peak” color.
The answer to the 2nd is even worse: If you are coming in for only 3 days, then it will be hit or miss and more likely miss. If you come back each year you will get a feel for it and soon you will have a good idea of when peak happens. I live here in Massachusetts and I don’t hit “peak” every time I head out the door and I have 30days to play with!
Last week, I traveled on Friday the 25th because my readers of my other blog on the Yankee Magazine website are either posting on the Yankee foliage map that peak has come or they’re asking when is peak???
Came by to say hi
Well as of Today Sunday the 27th, “Peak” hasn’t happened. I checked with a fellow photographer in the mid Vermont region and she says that between the heavy frost, rain and wind, some leaves did come down. But luckily it wasn’t a hard rain or wind or it would be a lot worse. Wind, Rain and Frost all together are not a leaf peepers friend.
Keep watching my Yankee blog for foliage updates and if you need more immediacy than that then follow me on Twitter at either foliage reports or my business twitter name Vistaphotos. At this time I’m doing very little regular photography which is unusual since I would think most folks would want to update their family photos with a beautiful fall portrait. But this allows me more time to travel about New England.
Jeff Folger (AKA. Jeff Foliage)
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