Wealthy Travelers

Isn’t autumn wonderful?  I remember as a kid, living along the eastern seaboard, on a cool, crisp Saturday, walking down the street and playing in the yards of my friends, with a shower of leaves in their autumn colors falling all around me; gathering up piles of crisp colorful leaves in the yard with my friends, only to dive into them to wrestle and scatter the leaves, tossing them into the air and at each other; all the while with the sun shining brightly against a clear blue sky.

Hopefully I’ve painted a nostalgic picture of what was as a child, and can be again in my adult life, by taking New England vacations.  Visiting the east coast and the northeastern coast of New England at this time of year is truly a delightful color explosion of fall colors. 

Choose one of the New England states to visit during autumn, get yourself a map and look for a route that will take you through the rural roads, and off the high speed highways, so you can see and experience for yourself, the explosion of fall colors in the trees that line the road and sit in clusters in the fields and hills around you.  Take the time to get off the beaten path and the fast treadmill of life and delight your senses with the beauty of fall.  Stop at a roadside stand and buy some locally grown apples and homemade apple cider.  Stop and take pictures of the  colorful trees surrounding an old New England farm house; find a covered bridge over a lazy stream; or find a restaurant (it might also be an old, historical tavern from hundreds of years ago) where the locals eat, for a wonderful, home cooked type meal with all the comfort foods of fall.  Take time to slow down, even if only for a weekend, to drink in and enjoy the beauty of the autumn season.