Warm autumn colors have long left the Catskills and have been replaced with a brown, crunchy, naked terrain that nearly demands a late morning or late afternoon hike.
Landmarks unseen throughout summer's lush landscape now include intricate stone walls which serpentine long-forgotten property lines and still water hideaways that mirror undressed timbers in a sapphire sky.
Shadow play is irresistible as Father Time now gives the east coast and early start and finish time turning an April evening into a November early-afternoon.
The few aboriginal apples to have matured and made their way to the ground, make a fetch-feast for a feisty Labrador Retretiever during an afternoon romp.
