Fall Colors'07

Finally! Finally,this year I got to see fall colours. I have always been excited about fall colours since I have been in India. Its been 3 years since I have been to Buffalo,NY and still I had not even seen the Fall foliage in Letchworth State Park.
This year me, Karthik and Manas decided that we will go for a fall colour weekend to New Hampshire. New Hampshire boasts one of the best foliages around in New England area. 5th Oct,Friday we set out to NH. Saturday morning, after enjoying a sumptuous breakfast of eggs and sausages, we started our Fall colors drive.
We had decided to do Kancamagus Highway drive which goes around the White Mountains. On the way, we could see the hint of the fall colours... Greenery on both the sides of the interstate was interspersed with red orange and yellow colour. While appreciating that spotted foliage, I had no idea of the explosion of colours that was awaiting us! The whole drive was literally straight out of the dreams! I had never seen such an unbelievably beautiful blend of colours. The whole range of 'White' mountains was covered with blazing orange, ravishing red and shimmering yellow colour. Few of the trees were still maintaining their fresh green colour and contrasting all the other colours,making them look prettier. We clicked lot of pictures at locations that seemed straight out of the movies. Lots of foliage, colours ,brooks, gorges were later accompanied by a nice drizzle. We ended the day with a fitting dinner of clam chowder and lot of seafood (I had swordfish :D).
On Sunday, the weather was sunny. We decided to go up the coast of Maine, famous for its lighthouses.We visited 3 lighthouses in all. ( Whale back at Kittery,Cape Neddick and Portland Lighthouse) On the pier of Portland, we enjoyed more seafood! I finally got to eat Lobster. Manas had a mouth watering crab roll and I had a Lobster roll. Karthik did not venture beyond popcorn shrimps.
The whole weekend seemed to be an out of the world experience. I am falling short of words to describe the dream-like, romantic colors of New Hampshire, the sunny skies and blue oceans of Maine and the fun I had in the short weekend trip!
Now I have already made plans for September end for all the forthcoming years!