Welcoming Autumn’s Turn

What nostalgic memories does the onset of autumn happen for you?

“Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree.” (Emily Brontë)

One of the most exciting aspects of our U.S. roadtrips happens in places that provide vivid memories of happy times of mine in the past. In this case, our recent Colorado bound roadtrip from Fort Lauderdale happened during the seasonal flow of Autumn’s turn throughout October into early November. You see I’ve lived in perpetually torrid South Florida for so long that simply sighting some colorfully falling leaves in the Rockies or bundling up to enjoy a cool morning of cheerful pregame festivities before a Cleveland Browns football game resonated as a hugely “big deal” for me at the time.

Autumn also happened to be an ideal time on this latest roadtrip occasion for my wife and I to enjoy a noticeable “uptick” in leisurely concert offerings in Louisiana ,Texas , Tennessee and Colorado cities visited along the way. Two vital ways to make these experiences more enjoyable meant booking our concert tickets ahead of time as well as arriving at our motel the day before each “gig” date happened. In such case, we could take our time during daytime hours to sightsee along such interesting highway “stretches” such as the famed Route 66 corridor still surviving in small town prairie land, the “Birth of the Blues” Highway Route 61 following the Mississippi River and the eclectic street car route along the Canal Street corridor in downtown New Orleans.

They’ll be more to come in future blogs describing details about each of the destinations we visited over the last month. As for now, enjoy my  latest photo collection in the authentic spirit of Autumn’s blissful turn.