KENTUCKY PRESS NEWS SERVICE
Fall has arrived and with it the 2013 edition of the
ColorFall program promoting travel to peak foliage viewing areas and
exciting autumn events around Kentucky. ColorFall is designed to aid
public enjoyment of autumn in the Bluegrass State.
Coordinated by the Kentucky Department of Travel and Tourism and the
Kentucky Department of Parks, ColorFall is now in its 28th year.
ColorFall features a website, www.kentuckytourism.com/seasons, that
provides a variety of information about the state’s beauty at this time
of year, including reports on stages of leaf changes from naturalists at
parks throughout the Commonwealth.
Besides tips on timing trips to parks, forests and arboretums for peak
color, ColorFall website visitors will also find listings of special
fall events and a link to a Facebook page where Kentuckians can upload
digital photos of their own fall travels. The program, including the
website, runs Monday through Oct. 31.
Dean Henson, the park manager at Big Bone Lick State Historic Site and a
former naturalist, saud that many variables contribute to the degree of
foliage color in any given fall season.
“The greater the frequency of crisp, sunny days with no evening frost,
the more brilliant our colors,” saidHenson, a popular contributor to
ColorFall with his blog posts on foliage stages. “For those seasons when
the fickle mix of environmental factors is just right, waiting eyes are
rewarded with a beaming display of color.”
Among many unique events of the season are the Governor’s Autumn Bicycle
Ride across Kentucky Oct. 3-6 (www.gabraky.com) and the Bourbon Chase
team running race Oct. 18-19 (www.bourbonchase.com).
For more information, contact Beth Holbrook at (502) 564-4930 ext. 343 or beth.holbrook@ky.gov.
