OT: Who else loves the Fall?

[Gus Mahler]

I love the season so much that I even refer to it as autumn.

Sounds like you're really dedicated to the one you love.

 

[Golden Husky]

Sounds like you're really dedicated to the one you love.

You think the song "Fall Leaves" would have become a classic, Gus?

 

[KnightBridgeAZ]

I live in Phoenix. We mainly just have summer here, which is fine with me. I do like fall anyway, though, because it's football season and time for baseball playoffs (YANKEES!!).

But next week I'm going to visit my son in North Jersey. We're driving from there up to Cooperstown, NY to see the Baseball HOF, then up around the tops of the Finger Lakes to Geneva. Returning down between Cayuga Lake and Seneca Lake and back to NJ on the South side of the Lakes. Can't imagine it won't be spectacular somewhere along there, North/South-wise. I was in Ithaca (South end of Cayuga) once on October 11 and that was the perfect time. This will be a week later, but with global warming and all....

That's why I'm in Tucson.

Seriously, though, your trip east sounds wonderful. I did a very similar trip around 1970 (pre-high school) with my parents. Also visited Corning Glass and Watkin's Glen, as well as the HOF. It should indeed feature some good color during the time you will be there. We used to go to southern Vermont - often this weekend - and it ranged from early (rarely), peak (sometimes) and just past peak but still nice (often, even when we went Columbus weekend which we also did at times).

 

[Gus Mahler]

You think the song "Fall Leaves" would have become a classic, Gus?

I'm not familiar with that particular song, and I can't seem to find anything about same. Here's a song with a similar title:

 

[cockhrnleghrn]

The fall is my favorite time of year, but it hasn't gotten cool in Columbia, yet. I WILL be in Connecticut next month for 2 of our MBB games at Mohegan Sun and will enjoy some cold weather, I hope. Unfortunately, I'll miss the colors in New England.

Speaking of Mohegan Sun, would our Connecticut friends recommend staying at the casino hotel or somewhere else? I stayed in New London the last time we had a game there, but it was a disappointingly quiet city.

 

[cockhrnleghrn]

By far my favorite season of the year because:
My favorite team starts lacing then up again so I know the season is close.
Homecoming.
My second favorite sports also starts.
The gas & electric bill is the best it will be all year.
I can make a fire outside every night-if I want to.
The foliage is spectacular
I can have a pumpkin Muffins from Wawa every morning.
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That's a gorgeous spot, Coco; where is it?

 

[cockhrnleghrn]

WaWa was a 7/11 type convenient/gas facilities, with great ice cream. Like all things it has evolved and gotten bigger. In my sleepy town of Downingtown, Pa it was tiny. Today it's competing with Scranton for size/population. No more sleepy. In Lancaster County.

I know; when I was younger in NJ, it was the same as 7/11, but now it's like a NJ Turnpike rest area.

 

[CocoHusky]

That's a gorgeous spot, Coco; where is it?

Hudson river valley somewhere near West Point, NY.

 

[Bama fan]

I can't recall the exact job title, but a friend of mine was at the top of the organizational chart at the dairy. His people oversaw all the processing of milk and other products. I guess one could say he was the "big cheese." (As an aside, he had an interesting background--a White guy who went to a Historically Black University on a basketball scholarship.)

Our veggies grew well. I don't remember the manure being warm, just air temp. The manure was free and plentiful. My friend had an old station wagon and would get a trash can full each trip. The drive was about half a mile.

Big cheese! Ha!

 

[cockhrnleghrn]

Hudson river valley somewhere near West Point, NY.

I love that area.

 

[BroadwayVa]

I know; when I was younger in NJ, it was the same as 7/11, but now it's like a NJ Turnpike rest area.

I know; when I was younger in NJ, it was the same as 7/11, but now it's like a NJ Turnpike rest area.

Haven't stopped on the NJ Tpke or the Garden state for that matter. in a long spell. In Penn the last time I looked it was more in the 7/11 mode. Of course, when I travel Penn I like rt 30, 320, not really Tpke's or backroads either that's my view of WAWA it was my understanding they began in Penn. When I live near Atlantic city (new Gretna) I don't remember running into any there.

 

[triaddukefan]

The fall is my favorite time of year, but it hasn't gotten cool in Columbia, yet. I WILL be in Connecticut next month for 2 of our MBB games at Mohegan Sun and will enjoy some cold weather, I hope. Unfortunately, I'll miss the colors in New England.
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I had planned to go to the park after the game for a nice walk..... but..... alas The first Sunday in October... and it was 85 degrees with a heat index of 95...... ... So i stayed home. The normal high for this time of year is 72.... the normal low is 52

But... the cooler weather will be here by the end of the week....... Highs in the low 70s...low humidity ... lows in the upper 40s.... Immma be out like this in that crisp autumn air

 

[nwhoopfan]

Almost all of the early snow has melted off, still good times in the high country. It's larch season here. Enjoyed being surrounded by gold all day yesterday.

 

[triaddukefan]

Friday was unofficially the first day of Fall down here. First time in 6 weeks that the temperature dipped below 60 degrees. High friday was 67..... and I had to put on a jacket friday evening to go to the grocery store and Arby's. Stepped outside and wow... crisp night air.

Did some yardwork on Saturday...and it was the first time in about 6 months that I didnt have to worry about insects, heat, or humidity. Now just waiting for the leaves to change colors.

 

[Bama fan]

Almost all of the early snow has melted off, still good times in the high country. It's larch season here. Enjoyed being surrounded by gold all day yesterday.

Monty Python The Larch sketch

 

[BroadwayVa]

A few weeks late with this thread, but I cant be the only one around here that loves the Fall....


Its been fall for a few weeks.... but definitely hasnt felt like it yet.... at least here in the South. 89 degrees right now with a heat index of 97 All these above normal high temperatures have delayed the fall foliage season by 7-10 days. Areas of the state that would be near peak right now (the peaks above 6,000 feet) ... are still pretty much green.

But enough of that rant..... Fall is my favorite season... for a myriad of reasons. The often oppressive heat and humidity finally breaks... crisp fall nights.... Football season has hit its stride..... the start of basketball season, MLB Playoffs.... the last few weeks of grass cutting season, the end of the threat of stinging insects. the turning colors of the leaves. day trips to the mountains. cruising down the Blue Ridge Parkway.....

One of my favorite spots on the Blue Ridge Parkway.... Price Lake... Milepost 296

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I like waking up to ALL seasons. Just as long as I don't wake up and it's as hot as hell.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Monty Python The Larch sketch

You @Bama fan have besmirched the glorious larch, necessitating this stirring musical defense of our beloved larch!

 

[nwhoopfan]

You @Bama fan have besmirched the glorious larch, necessitating this stirring musical defense of our beloved larch!

Larch or lark? Regardless, besmirched is an vastly underutilized word, good job!

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Larch or lark? Regardless, besmirched is an vastly underutilized word, good job!

Turns out there are no odes to the larch and this was as close as I could come. I love my larches!

 

[BroadwayVa]

Turns out there are no odes to the larch and this was as close as I could come. I love my larches!

After trudging ore hill and dale I have falling Larches. Do that besmirch enough to be called a son of a bemirch-a -vich?

 

[McFly]

Used to love the fall when I was younger, but at my age, I don't need to be reminded that, in the words of the song, "the days dwindle down". Still enjoy the fishing for landlocked salmon though.

 

[Bama fan]

Larch or lark? Regardless, besmirched is an vastly underutilized word, good job!

It is a fine word. I believe it has been used recently on this very board. Oh ,the wonders of the Boneyard and its denizens.

 

[Bama fan]

Turns out there are no odes to the larch and this was as close as I could come. I love my larches!

At least you picked a lovely tune to stand for their honor! And in all fairness it is the Pythons , and not me , mocking your beloved vegetation. I have not smirched a tree in years.

 

[Bama fan]

You think the song "Fall Leaves" would have become a classic, Gus?

Is there a song titled Fall Leaves? I think that just means winter is here. When fall leaves...

 

[triaddukefan]

As I stated in the beginning, the best thing of fall is fall drives. I usually try to do at least two....... one with a date, and one solo trip. Took the first trip the friday before last...... very productive with a stop at an apple orchard, a candy/fudge factory/store .... a hour long drive up the Blue Ridge Parkway, a trip to a winery, and dinner at one of the most unique dining spots in the state of Virginia. 150 apples 2 pounds of assorted Fudge 15 sips/samples of wine and half a ribeye steak makes for a wonderful fall day date Even though my date was a UNC.Cheat fan

Unfortunately most of the parkway was still mostly green....... and i cant upload the few pics I took..... but we stopped briefly at the Rock Castle Gorge Overlook at mile marker 168 on the parkway.... here is an image from google of the parkway through that stretch