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After the slow transition through September, the colors seemed to be taking off as we hit October. Reds and yellows were popping off the hillsides. We thought we’d better get out and about for a look and drove north a few miles and found Canada along the way.

Yep, no border wall here, just a monument where the road quietly passes into Canada and back in to Vermont, and of course the ‘slash’ that is a cleared area along the border.

The maples were turning shades of red, yellow, and gold. But we weren’t quite at the ‘peak’. After witnessing one fall in Vermont, I’m going to say the elusive peak is hard to pinpoint. All the tree species turn at different times, and looking back, maples were long gone while aspens were just right, then the aspens faded, and the tamarack took off. I think the peak is a nice concept for the leaf peepers, but I see it as more of a trip, with different moments along the way.

We found ourselves out on Caspian Lake on a perfectly crisp blue sky day. Again, we shared the lake with loons. And more than ever before. There was a group of more than a dozen on the north end of the lake scanning for their next dinner.

A relaxing day on the lake, but no lake trout showed up to play. Oh well, the scenery was not to be beat.

Our next day out and about might just be our best day of the short and fleeting fall. We hiked to the top of Mt. Pisgah, and the views were second to none. I would guess that any clear day would be a good day for this hike, but if you can be up there when the trees are changing, all the better.

Even though the colors were spectacular, there was more to come. The maples had not quite erupted, and a lot of the other trees had yet to change. Leaf season was not over quite yet, but things were changing fast.

We headed out to on more lake – Lake Memphremagog – yeah, say that 3 times fast and sound like a local. Anyway, Memphremagog is a huge lake extending many miles into Canada. We had another blue sky day to explore it a bit. We caught a few fish, and I predict we’ll be back out there when the water turns solid to catch several more.

But until then, there’s still some leaves to fall, trails to hike, and a whole other season between leaf season and snow season… stick season! But let’s not get ahead of ourselves, there’s still a bit of fall to tell you about in part three…