WELCOME TO ARGUABLY THE most beautiful time of the year — accompanied by some of the worst traffic of the year!
According to the state’s Division of Travel and Tourism Development’s Foliage Tracker (visitnh.gov), as of Friday, we were at “50 to 75 percent color change” in the White Mountains, with the state reporting that “across the northern portion of the region from Bethlehem through Bretton Woods, the foliage has really exploded and decadent shades of ruby red and sunny yellow adorn the treetops.
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