Fall is in the Air

Traveling around Colorado last week, I noticed aspen leaves are starting to change colors. Back at the office, I noticed that even trees in our parking lot (in the above photo) are starting to change. It's amazing how fast Fall has snuck up once again.

The changing of the aspen leaves is a big thing here. People like going to the mountains to see the aspen leaves. They are quite colorful but it always generates a lot of phone calls. People want to know the best time to view the spectacular gold and red colors of the leaves. There are many variables including the temperature and the amount of daylight hours in the Fall but people don't want to hear that. They certainly don't like hearing that peak viewing can be anywhere from the middle of September through the middle of October. They want to know what specific day they should go. The answer this year is the week of September 19. How do I know? That week includes my birthday. I have been using that week for the past ten years and no one has ever called back to say I was wrong. While it's not scientific and probably not very accurate, at least it is consistent.