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Road Trips
Open Roads Travel: Art and the Automobile
September 29, 2008 at 1:00 PM | 0 Comments
What's better on a crisp fall day than perfect foliage, winding country roads and expensive automobiles? Not much. Head to Ogden, Quebec (close to the VT border) with your roadster to take in Art and the Automobile, a four-day festival October 2-5 featuring a car show, art exhibition, car rally and photography workshop.
Fall Travel
Classic Fall Travel: Plan Your Leaf-Peepin'
September 16, 2008 at 11:45 AM | 0 Comments
When it comes to seeing the ultimate in fall foliage, people usually flock to New England to see the colors change in late September into October. But it's not the only place with autumn displays. The US Forest Service has the scoop on the leaf situation at its website. There's even a fall color hotline: 800/354-4595.
When exactly the best fall colors will be on view is only nailed down a couple weeks before, so if you're into leaves, keep the number on speed dail and hope for cool days and nights.
Fall Foliage
Fall Foliage Fanatics: Bike the Natchez Trace Parkway
September 21, 2007 at 12:35 PM | 0 Comments
Most fall foliage fanatics enjoy the changing colors from the comfort of their climate-controlled cars. But we've found a way for those with an adventurous spirit to take to the open road in better way: bikes. (This also makes the trip more fun than touring with your boring grandparents.)
REI Adventures will be offering a four-day autumn cycling trip along the Natchez Trace Parkway in Tennessee from October 25th through the 28th. The $990 fee includes three nights in hotels along the trail, meals, professional guides and road crew support, too.
You can even pack light, since REI provides riders with bikes and helmets. If there's a better way to enjoy the crisp weather of fall, we sure can't think of one.
Related Stories:
· Travel Stories in Tennessee [Jaunted]
· REI Adventure Travel [Official Site]
· Fall Foliage Hotels [Hotel Chatter]
[Photo: American Bicycle]
Active Travel
Make Like a Tree...
October 17, 2006 at 5:10 PM | 0 Comments
We'll be the first to tell you that the old Family Guy episode about "Leafers" --city folk looking to spy the reds and golds of fall foliage--had us in stitches. But we could have just as easily enjoyed a tour the countryside as Leafers ourselves. With a cold snap in the air and places like Buffalo, NY already getting walloped by snow, now is the time to get in one last leaf-loving trip.
But where, oh where, to go? Well, you have two options. First, there's the old standby of New England, where the fall color industry is established enough to have dedicated train lines and "flightseeing". USA Today enumerates your options, but you'll have to move quickly as the leaf-peeping season there will soon come to a close.
Alternatively, and believe it or not, Oklahoma springs forth with an bounty of scenery, too. The Pauls Valley Daily Democrat (yeah, we don't know where that is either) breaks down all the leaf peeping locations throughout the state using every adjective in the book, with an emphasis on driving routes that swerve past some beautiful country.
[Photo: ohad*]
Related Stories:
· Leaf Peeping off the Beaten Track [USAT]
· Panorama of Color [PVDD]
