Foliage - Take 2

Fall foliage is like New England weather—changing every minute, it seems. Last week we cruised the usually foliage-bright Maine coast and saw a lot of green, and little else. This weekend we made a foray through central New Hampshire into Vermont and got a preview of what’s headed our way. Along the upper Connecticut River Valley, it’s not just the Norway maples that have turned color. Red maples, alders, some birches and beeches, and even the occasional sugar maple have started to take on their fall hues. North and west of Lake Sunapee, where the nights have been as crisp as an early apple, about 10 percent of the trees have changed. That’s a long way from peak, but things are coloring up quickly.