We had an incredibly beautiful fall. Like, this is probably the most amazing fall I\u2019ve had in Minnesota. It reminded me a lot of fall in the black hills. Here is why:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– complete lack of wind<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– lower humidity <\/p>\n\n\n\n
– no rain<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– stayed warm <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Minnesota is a very windy place. The fall color season is usually pretty short because the wind usually rips the leaves off the trees in short order. One of the photos has a boat driving up the Mississippi on a completely still day – it is a very rare day for there to be zero waves \/ ripples in the Mississippi. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Minnesota is a very cold place. We have had years with a hard frost starting in early October and all the leaves, regardless of color, turn brown and fall off the trees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Minnesota is a stupidly humid place. All these freaking lakes make it very humid which means the cold is really cold unless a person is wearing moisture blocking clothes \/ gear. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was awesome driving around the cities with my windows down around November 20th, the warm weather had been incredible. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Alas, it couldn\u2019t keep up. Frost and snow have started and true late fall \/ early winter has started. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I made sure to enjoy as much of the beautiful weather as possible. It was wild to see our raspberries fruiting until mid-November, our clematis flowering until early \/ mid November, and our grapes mature \/ fruit so late into the year. I\u2019m not complaining, it was beautiful and delicious :). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This year we also had the most amazing northern lights I\u2019ve seen. The northern lights were so bright we could see them from our driveway in the core \/ center of the twin cities metro. It was truly stunning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Outside of the weather, we enjoyed a lot of fun fall activities like cider making and a Day of the Dead celebration. Fall events are the best events – the celebrations and traditions different cultures have made for the fall are absolutely the best because of the color, the sounds, the smells, and, the tastes. The twin cities is a fabulous place to experience allllllll the different traditions often for free or very low cost. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
All in all, it was an amazing fall. I hope our falls continue to be so beautiful. It made Minnesota be that much more tolerable \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Enjoy the photos!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chris W.
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