Along the way we saw things like this,
And this,
And this,
The lighting couldn't have been better and we were starting to get really excited about what awaited us.
Until we were about 10 minutes from our destination and the leaves really started to thin, that is. After a little more than an hour in the car, we pulled into the parking area and we were surrounded by tree skeletons. Not an aspen leaf in sight.
Needless to say the kids were a little disappointed. But they got over it when I gave them the popcorn and apple juice we had planned to eat amongst the trees. Instead they ate it in the car and we enjoyed the leaves again on the way back down and I stopped to take pictures.
There's always next year. And we will be there at the end of September if it kills us, because in it's glory I am sure that place is breathtaking.
My other consolation is that my backyard is home to two big beautiful ash trees.
So every morning I would wake up, see the trees, say something like, "Oh my gosh!" or "Wow!" and I would take a picture.
But I'm a weirdo because I took that same picture every single morning.
Maybe it's because I was lucky enough to live in the fall color capital of the world (New Hampshire), followed by the fall color black hole (Texas), that fall here just feels really, really good to me. Colorado can't even touch New England, but at least there are some really enjoyable and authentic fall things to enjoy here.
Like leaf wars,
being buried in leaves,
Jumping into a pile of leaves,
And making leaf angels,
Raking is going to be kind of intense, but the enjoyment that's been had will make it worth it.
We went to Anderson Farms this year and it was pretty great. We could have stayed all day.
We explored the corn maze and took a hayride. And I realized as I remarked how beautiful the mountains looked, that I am really happy to be enjoying fall here, in Colorado, that Colorado is finally starting to feel like home. And that's kind of a big deal.
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