There’s no doubt about it, the traditionally busy Columbus Day foliage weekend is already well underway. It’s a beautiful sunny day here in Woodstock that began with temps in the 20’s and frost in need of scraping off the windshield.
Now, delightfully breezy and cool which makes it much easier to deal with the throngs, yes, throngs of visitors walking the streets of our lovely Village.
Tours busses and their occupants lined up outside the Mountain Creamery, Daily Grind and Mon Vert Cafe. A tip for we regulars to help our fave food and beverage providers go about their business — and it is business: Let’s move along after being served and so forth so our out-of-town visitors have somewhere to eat, drink , sit and um, invest in the local economy. This is no time for lolly-gagging. We can do plenty of that in November and March.
Woodstock Early Bird, as she walked Central Street, even saw people BUYING things at Heaven Sent and Noushka, in the stores. Our leaves are rather green this year, though not unlovely. But, perhaps, down the line we might think about an industry not so dependent on a few weekends of hoped-for leaf colors. We’ll save that for another time.
And yes, one cannot discuss foliage or “Faux-Lidg” (OMG, please don’t say that!) without discussing traffic. Yes, there is traffic…If you haven’t been into town yet, well, be prepared. Or, stay clear of roads and hunker down at home to enjoy the rather muted tones of our wet spring and wet summer leaves. It’s much like an Alaskan fall…subtle, not bold. Speaking of which..we have visitors from all over, including…Alaska! (As seen in the photo of the license plate). WEB Saw these folks in their bright red (T-Bird?) checking their maps about where they should go next. Obviously, they are full-on lovers of the road with their RT 66 license plate. And they certainly know where to be when it’s Fall in Vermont, don’t they?
(Be careful out there! Do your Zen breathing if facing a potentially road-rageous moment) WEB
Julia Carlisle
Woodstock Early Bird 