MEREDITH, N.H. (AP) — New England leaf-watching season is in full swing, as people from as far as Florida and Berlin flock to the region for scenic drives, train rides and bus tours to soak in the splendid hues of red, orange and bronze. With quaint towns and covered bridges scattered through swaths of changing forest, the rural Northeast provides an ideal setting to view nature's annual show.
"Leaf-peeping is one of the most accessible tourism things that you can do," said Teddy Willey, the general manager of the Frog Rock Tavern in Meredith, New Hampshire. “You don’t have to have the athleticism to be a hiker, you don’t have to have the money to own a boat.”
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A maple tree displays its fall color on the Vermont Statehouse lawn in Montpelier, Vt., on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)
The leaves start to change by the canal under the Chestnut Street bridge in Lewiston, Maine, on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/ Patrick Whittle)
Fall colors are displayed on Loon Mountain near Lincoln, N.H., Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Nick Perry)
A sheep walks through pasture at Shaker Village where hardwood trees are showing their fall colors, Tuesday, October. 15, 2024, in New Gloucester, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
A maple tree shows its fall colors, Tuesday, October. 15, 2024, in New Gloucester, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
The leaves start to change by the canal under the Chestnut Street bridge in Lewiston, Maine, on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/ Patrick Whittle)
Fall foliage and fallen leaves are seen a back road in Marshfield, Vt., Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)
Fall colors are displayed on Loon Mountain near Lincoln, N.H, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Nick Perry)
Fall colors are displayed on Loon Mountain near Lincoln, N.H., Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Nick Perry)
Trees changing to Autumn colors surround the Middle Covered Bridge, which spans the Ottauquechee River, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024, in Woodstock, Vt. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Leaves display bright colors near Lake Waukewan, in Meredith, N.H., Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Leaves display bright colors, in Meredith, N.H., Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Birds rest on Lake Waukewan near a tree with changing colors, in Meredith, N.H., Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Leaves display bright colors near Lake Waukewan, in Meredith, N.H., Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Leaves on trees display bright colors as people using water craft float on Meredith Bay, in Meredith, N.H., Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
A fly fisherman paddles on a pond as fall foliage begins to show color in Campton, N.H., Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)
A fly fisherman paddles on a pond as fall foliage begins to show color in Campton, N.H., Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)
A fly fisherman paddles on a pond as fall foliage begins to show color in Campton, N.H., Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)
Fall foliage begins to show color in Campton, N.H., Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)
A fly fisherman paddles on a pond as fall foliage begins to show color in Campton, N.H., Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)
You just need to be able to jump in a car and head north, he said.
The Associated Press livestreamed the colorful landscape on Tuesday.
“Once you’re there, you just take it in," Willey said.
He spoke just after his tavern was flooded with tourists from Indiana who had stepped off a sightseeing bus.
Among them was Vicky Boesch, of Fort Wayne, who had made the trip with her sisters.
“We came out to the Northeast to see the beautiful foliage and the colorful leaves,” she said, adding the she was impressed with Vermont.
“The leaves were very pretty on the mountains because the sun was out yesterday, and so that makes them pop more,” she said.
It wasn't only the fall colors that provided a contrast with Indiana, she said, but also the region's distinctive architecture, lakes and towns.
Gordon Cochran, of Lake View, Iowa, said he was in New Hampshire to visit his daughter and had a “beautiful ride” on the slow-moving Winnipesaukee Scenic Railroad.
Weather conditions associated with climate change have disrupted some recent leaf-peeping seasons. One problem is that global warming has brought drought that causes leaves to turn brown and wither before they can reach their colorful peak.
Willey acknowledges that he's not a leaf guy.
“Personally, no. I grew up here, so I think it loses its luster a little bit,” he said with a chuckle, adding that the season still has its moments.
"I’ll be driving somewhere around the Lakes Region, and all of a sudden, you're like, ‘You know what, there’s a reason why people come here and there’s a reason I live here. It really is quite beautiful,’” he said, referring to a scenic part of eastern New Hampshire.
A maple tree displays its fall color on the Vermont Statehouse lawn in Montpelier, Vt., on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)
The leaves start to change by the canal under the Chestnut Street bridge in Lewiston, Maine, on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/ Patrick Whittle)
Fall colors are displayed on Loon Mountain near Lincoln, N.H., Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Nick Perry)
A sheep walks through pasture at Shaker Village where hardwood trees are showing their fall colors, Tuesday, October. 15, 2024, in New Gloucester, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
A maple tree shows its fall colors, Tuesday, October. 15, 2024, in New Gloucester, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
The leaves start to change by the canal under the Chestnut Street bridge in Lewiston, Maine, on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/ Patrick Whittle)
Fall foliage and fallen leaves are seen a back road in Marshfield, Vt., Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)
Fall colors are displayed on Loon Mountain near Lincoln, N.H, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Nick Perry)
Fall colors are displayed on Loon Mountain near Lincoln, N.H., Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Nick Perry)
Trees changing to Autumn colors surround the Middle Covered Bridge, which spans the Ottauquechee River, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024, in Woodstock, Vt. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Leaves display bright colors near Lake Waukewan, in Meredith, N.H., Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Leaves display bright colors, in Meredith, N.H., Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Birds rest on Lake Waukewan near a tree with changing colors, in Meredith, N.H., Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Leaves display bright colors near Lake Waukewan, in Meredith, N.H., Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Leaves on trees display bright colors as people using water craft float on Meredith Bay, in Meredith, N.H., Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
A fly fisherman paddles on a pond as fall foliage begins to show color in Campton, N.H., Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)
A fly fisherman paddles on a pond as fall foliage begins to show color in Campton, N.H., Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)
A fly fisherman paddles on a pond as fall foliage begins to show color in Campton, N.H., Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)
Fall foliage begins to show color in Campton, N.H., Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)
A fly fisherman paddles on a pond as fall foliage begins to show color in Campton, N.H., Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Blues defenseman Philip Broberg left Saturday night's game against the Toronto Maple Leafs with a lower body injury in the second period.
Broberg collided with Maple leafs forward Mitch Marner in a battle for the puck 8:08 into the period. Marner landed on Broberg's right leg, and Broberg was unable to put much weight on his leg as he was helped off the ice into the Blues locker room.
The team announced later in the period that Broberg would not return to the game.
Broberg was signed as a restricted free agent this offseason to a two-year, $9.16 million contract, costing St. Louis a 2025 second-round draft pick after Edmonton declined to match the Blues' offer sheet.
Broberg was tied with Jordan Kyrou for the team lead with nine points (two goals, seven assists) in 11 games entering play.
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Toronto Maple Leafs' Mitch Marner (15) controls the puck as St. Louis Blues' Philip Broberg (6) defends during the first period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Connor Hamilton)