Fall Colors are Poised to Explode

Maplewood Cemetery 2007

My own neighborhood 2007

With the unusually heavy rainfall we've been receiving around Harrison and the rest of Northern Arkansas it will be an amazingly beautiful year for the fall foliage. From what I've read and heard we can expect the leaves to start changing sometime at the end of September to early October. The prime-time will occur two to three weeks after the color change begins.

The state website www.arkansas.com/calendar/fall_foliage_pg1.aspx has up-to-date information on the changing colors starting September 25th.

The fall is one of my favorite times of year. Where I was born and raised the leaves on the trees pretty much just shriveled up and died with little to no fanfare. Around here it's absolutely amazing to just take a drive or hike and see the abundance of colors. Some of the more popular places are Maplewood Cemetery, The Buffalo River (any of the trails, campgrounds, etc.), and our own downtown square.

I hope you can join us this year in taking in what I'm sure will be the best colors ever! Of course I say that every year (at least to myself).

I just wanted to post an update (September 5, 2008). I was out showing property last Friday and started looking harder at my own surroundings. There are already some signs of fall. Some of the underbrush has turned bright red and some of the leaves on the trees are starting to yellow (be it ever so slightly). I think it's going to be an early Fall!