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The first was 'cause a lot of people saw you can sell the leaves over the net and they overstocked.

The second's 'cause of a cold front.

I commute from Philadelphia to NY and I've been enjoying a steadily increasing reddening-oranging-yellowing tree population over the past weeks.

I especially like dark rainy days when the leaves seem to glow against the sky.

is the leaf changing later than usual this year?

Eliza, I think it is later than usual. Also, I am seeing more of it in the city than ever. It used to be that you had trees with all their leaves, and then no leaves, with little transition.

I was in philly also, and the trees were gorgeous the beginning of this past week, though almost gone by weeks end.

Fresh back from the Bear Mountain Inn's stone cabins which are dusty, institutional and smell like the kind of room deodorizer usually reserved for well used public restrooms, I'm wondering if anyone has any great tips on better ways to see the fall foliage? A day in Beacon? Storm King?

We had a great view of beautiful foliage from our cabin and from the hike we took up and over Bear Mountain. The carousel is cool even if you don't have kids with you and the whiskey they sell to go in your cocoa is awfully warming.

I'm wondering if AT readers have bright ideas for better places to stay, especially for those of us with only the Metro North and our trusty bicycles at our disposal? I've heard rumors of very rustic cabins someplace. Cabins with no frills and no room deodorizer but they're feeling like a mirage.