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Pocono Mountains Fall Foliage

PECKS POND MEETS AUTUMN LEAVES

Yes, Pecks Pond. What ever happened to apostrophes? But it's too fine a day to agonize about that; besides, I was looking for fall colors, not grammar. So I took a walk around this pond -- a lake, really -- on Rte. 402 in Pike County, part of the Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania. That's Pike, as in the general, not the fish.  

 

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Rule #1 about fall foliage: It's often most colorful around lakes. In part that's because of the nice contrast between the blue of the

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Leaf Peeping from Above in North Carolina

9296571270?profile=original9008732701?profile=originalFor sheer pleasantness, there isn't much that beats looking up at October foliage in the forests of western North Carolina--unless maybe it's looking down at the autumn colors from strategic perches in the trees themselves. This was my privileged perspective on a recent outing with Navitat Canopy Adventures, located around twenty miles north of Asheville. (http://www.navitat.com) (1-855-628-4828)

 

Top billing at Navitat goes to the zip-lines. And fine zips they are: ten in all, the longest stretc

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Boosting Autumn Colors

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Brilliant reds and yellows pop from these images because of the use of a rare-earth filter.
Jim DeLillo has announced today that he has added new images using this technique to his 'Autumn' gallery at

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These images were recently taken in New Jersey and enhanced using the special on-camera filter to further saturate and beautify the colors of the fall foliage.

The filter is made from Didymium, a mixture of the rare-earth elements praseodymium and neodymium. F

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Soon t9008648094?profile=originalhe leaves will be starting to show tinges of red, orange, and yellow so now is the time to plan for a spectacular peak season drive along the Blue Ridge Parkway, a 469-mile scenic highway that connects the Shenandoah National Park in northwestern Virginia with the Great Smoky Mountain National Park in North Carolina.

Ride awhile, then stop awhile: the two-lane Parkway is designed for leisurely journeys.Turn on your favorite Bluegrass music, make sure your camera battery is fully charged, an

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Ron and Patty Thomas

Tucked away amid amid the six states of the northeastern USA's New England region, the diminutive "Green Mountain State" ( th country's second smallest, in fact - just 160 miles/260 kilometers long and 130 mi./80km  wide)? is known for its quirky, individualist, and progressive vibe, and it also packs a lot of appeal into its small package beyond just some of the world's loveliest fall foliage, and it's just a three-hour drive northwest of Boston (and around five from New Yo

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