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On the trail of fall foliageBy Compiled from Times wires © St. Petersburg Times,
In Vermont, spring weather produced a normal crop of green leaves, with a typical mix of wet and dry weather. The state's forests, heavily populated with maples, should be putting on their usual colorful show. But you don't have to travel that far north to see the foliage show. Not far from Boston, for instance, you can enjoy the changing leaves in the area between Leominster and Greenfield; the Concord, Harvard, Acton region; and the Blue Hills, just outside Boston in the Milton and Canton area. The popular Route 2 between Orange and Boston is just about guaranteed good leaf-peeping -- as well as traffic jams from Orange to Greenfield and beyond, around Columbus Day weekend. Motorists can take almost any exit and find new vistas. Meander up into the Monadnock region of New Hampshire for picturesque villages, or take Route 122 off Route 2 and head into the Quabbin Reservoir area. Along the way, there are farm stands and apple orchards galore. And in Princeton, just over an hour from Boston, head up to Wachusett Mountain for grand views.
And farther north, the Shelburne Museum in Vermont has a new show of original paintings by Anna Mary Robertson, better known as Grandma Moses. The show features some of the best examples of her style. She began painting when she was 67 and continued until her death in 1961 at age 101. Some 30 paintings and prints will be on view until Dec. 7. For more information, call (802) 985-3346 or visit www.shelburnemuseum.org. Yankee magazine's Foliage Central site at www.newengland.com/foliage has extensive information on all the New England states, as well as useful links on foliage topics. Foliage reports nationwide can be found at www.weather.com/fallfoliage. The U.S. Forest Service site is www.fs.fed.us/news/fallcolors/; the toll-free phone number is 1-800-354-4595. Here's a list of foliage hotlines, with state tourism Web sites, some of which also provide regular updates. (Leaf reports generally don't begin until the color changes begin, so try back if necessary.) * * *
- Information from the Boston Globe and Knight Ridder Newspapers was used in this report.
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