Fall Foliage Vacations

Autumn is a splendid time for weekend vacations or even lingering expeditions, for families not bothered with school timetables and fall foliage vacations can be amusing and bearable. Parents can go gaga over the color show, while kids get a admirable times in The abundant Outdoors.Peak time for vacations will vary in different locations. Primarily, leaves change color when trees stop producing chlorophyll. This will appear in mid-September at alpine, colder elevations; elsewhere the top weeks will be in early October. color changes begin at alpine altitudes and latitudes and move down-slope, and southward through North America.Leaf colors change in three main waves, starting with yellow ( - yellow-poplar, birch, some maples and hickory, sassifras, sweetgum and aspens.) The second color wave is orange: some of the species mentioned above change into orange; silver maples and white oaks add orange too.The third wave is red, in such trees as black tupelo, sumac, tallow tree, some oaks and maples.
The transition from orange to red is considered "peak," and lots of factors can affect color intensity. Amount of sunshine, frost, night temperatures-- all come into play.