[prairieschooner]

Sorry Flick, that is "leaping to conclusions". I live in a cabin up in the San Jacinto Mountains and in the San Bernadino National Forest. We have all 4 seasons up here since we are above 6,200'. We do have the Fall colors but not as vivid as what I saw when in Maine that year. Since most of the Trees up here are Pine, Douglas Fir and Cedar it is basically the Oaks that drop their leaves.
       
These were taken at the first snow one year. And yes this is why we own a Newell.