It was a day in late October during the peak of the autumn colors when we decided to take a trip to northwestern Connecticut, where we have not been in 20 years.  As we left Tolland, the sun was shining through the trees highlighting the yellow color.  The trees in the lowlands were nearly bare, having been bright red a few days earlier.  Traveling on Rt 84 through the Connecticut River valley, many of the trees still were green.  On Rt 4 in Farmington, trees in bight yellow and red became prominent.  In  Unionville. The Farmington River and the trees presented a scenic view.   Torrington have had some development in the eastern portions with new shopping and eating areas.

Traveling north on Rt 8 had colorful hills on each side of the highway.  Traveling through Main Street in Winsted, one could see the stores on one side of the street as the side near the Mad River, which is now nearly dry.  The buildings on the river side were never rebuilt after the 1955 flood had destroyed the street.

We then traveled through scenic woods to the Barkhamstead Reservoir where Rt 318 travels over the dam.  There are hills on both sides of the valley that were in various reds and yellows near the peak of the season.  This was probably our first visit to the dam in 40 years.  We then traveled through Granby and Ellington to Tolland.