Chapter 4, Autumn Beauty On Port Kent Road

The dogs and I were on our way home from the farm by way of the Port Kent Hopkinton Turnpike, a historic route through the north country which now consists of a series of small back roads through the Adirondacks. I'd taken a side road to find Fishhole Pond (see yesterday's post) and was on my way back to Port Kent Road when I just had to stop and snap a photo of this lovely, colorful mountain:

The dirt road took us through forests ablaze with color, sometimes looking almost as if they were on fire:

I had the windows down, partly for the dogs' enjoyment and partly for picture taking:

Another colorful mountain just ahead of us. You can also see what a small, dirt road we were traveling:

And more color to our left as we traveled:

Colors so vivid I could hardly believe my eyes:

This was a magic land of autumn enchantment and I was glad I had chosen to take the Port Kent Road and that I'd chosen to leave it briefly to find Fishhole Pond:

We returned to the Port Kent Road and continued on our way, driving through the hamlet of Loon Lake:

The scenery was breathtaking, with the blazing colors of trees and white puffs of clouds mirrored in every body of water:

We were almost to Route 3 when I snapped this photo:

I wasn't looking for house photos on this trip, but this A-Frame Chalet was so picturesque that I couldn't resist:

And one more mountain alive with color before I turned onto Route 3 and headed for Saranac Lake. I'd spent several hours traveling the Port Kent Hopkinton Turnpike and needed to speed it up or it'd take me all day to get home.