The Real Reason People Visit New England in Fall

Rob Greenlee walks through Connecticut's summer greenery and explains why fall foliage happens: fallen leaves insulate trees through winter, triggering the colorful cycle that draws visitors. Peak season runs June through October across New England.
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And just wanted to share a, a very pleasant walk that I have had here today in the state of Connecticut. And just wanted to share what it's like in Connecticut in the summer months and how beautiful it is in contrast to a lot of the, the sticks that exist that show in the winter months when all these trees and the natural environment here, a lot of the trees lose their leaves, right? So this is the beauty that we have through the summer months in the state of Connecticut. So if you haven't ever been here, this is a big reason why in the fall, which is coming up soon, all these leaves are going to change color. And that's what creates this rainbow of a fall here in Connecticut. And, uh, I mean, this happens all across New England, and, and you can see all these trees that are here. All these trees are going to lose all their leaves. So what you see in the winter months is basically what looks like is a bunch of dead trees. So that's why I wanted to show you what summer looks like in Connecticut, because some of the videos that I've made show Connecticut in the winter months, which is pretty stark and kind of, what can I say, almost like a fire blew through and burned everything. That's kind of what it looks like. And a lot of what looks like dead trees, but they're not dead. They're still very much alive and still thriving. Doing well. So then it creates this perfect kind of natural experience in the summer months. So if you ever wanted to go to Connecticut, I would say from June through the end of August and probably into October, depending on if you want to see all of the colors that are going to be with these trees. It's a, it's a beautiful scene. It creates quite a mess because ultimately all those leaves fall. So the ground is like a foot deep of dead leaves, but that creates an insulative layer for the ground for these trees to survive a harsh winter. So I just wanted to share that with you in, in a walk talk. This isn't going to be a video about any kind of political or controversial social topic. This is just a quick video about Connecticut and its natural habitat and its natural scenic experience. And I'm sure this is very much like what you get up in Vermont or you get up in Massachusetts or in a lot of places in the state of New York or further up in Maine and those— it's a very similar type of a climate. So thank you for watching and check out my next walk talk. So thank you, bye-bye.
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