Fall colors 2012

AP Photo/Traverse City Record-Eagle, Keith King

Colorful leaves are visible Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012 as a motorist travels on M-72 in Leelanau County, Mich.

Two Adirondack chairs sit vacant on a dock along the misty shore of the Androscoggin River in Turner, Maine, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012, as the fall foliage nears peak color.

The splendor of fall leaf colors painted the shoreline on the Minneapolis side of the Mississippi River, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012.

AP Photo/West Bend Daily News, John Ehlke

Two joggers make their way down one of the hiking trails amongst the changing colors on the tree tops at Pike Lake in Hartford, Wis. on Wednesday afternoon Sept. 26, 2012.

Leaves begin to turn peak colors in the White Mountain National Forest in, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012 in Carrol, N.H.

The moon sets over central Illinois trees showing their Fall colors Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012 in Springfield, Ill. Fall started last week and the leaves are trying to catch up. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says the drought and heat caused some trees to lose their leaves early. But now with cooler temperatures, the Fall colors could last through October.

Leaves along the Androscoggin River are at peak color, Friday, Sept. 28, 2012 in Berlin, N.H.

AP Photo/Bob Wellinski, LaPorte Herald Argus

As summer comes to an end, the color and beauty of autumn is already visible in the colorful leaves around LaPorte, Ind., as a light rain falls Friday Sept. 21, 2012. Fall officially began at 10:49 a.m. EDT Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012.

Leaves begin to change color at Ripley Falls in Crawford Notch, Friday, Oct. 5, 2012 in Hart's Location, N.H.

AP Photo/Wisconsin State Journal, M.P. King

Jim Kohl of Madison, Wis., walks along Arboretum Drive on the west end of the University of Wisconsin Arboretum into a field of early fall color in Madison, Wis., Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012. Kohl said he has been walking in the Arboretum 3-4 times a week since he retired in 1986.

Two unicyclists ride under fall leaves along a bike trail by Minnesota Drive on Monday, Sept. 24, in Anchorage, Alaska.

A scenic view of byways in North Carolina.

The trees are beginning to change color on Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012, on Natchez Trace Parkway in Williamson County, Tenn. The fall foliage season is expected to be colorful in much of the Southeast.

As summer comes to an end, the color and beauty of autumn is already visible in the colorful leaves that provide a backdrop for these bloom wildflowers in LaPorte, Ind., as a light rain falls Friday, Sept. 21, 2012.

A girl throws leaves in the air as she poses for the photographer at the estate of Mariendaal in Arnhem, the Netherlands, on September 30, 2012.

Fall colors are in force on Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012, in Juneau, Alaska. The Mendenhall Glacier can be seen in the background.

Strollers walk past trees with colored leaves in Berlin's governmental district on October 2, 2012.

AP Photo/The Register-Guard, Brian Davies

Artist Lester Maurer contemplates fall colors in the balmy weather of early autumn as he works on an oil painting in the Whiteaker neighborhood Wednesday, October 3, 2012 in Eugene, Ore.

Poison Ivy vines begin their annual changing of color, Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012 in Southern Vigo,County, Ind.

Virginia Creeper is one of the first plants to change color in the Fall Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012 in southern Vigo County, Ind. The vine is found in fence rows and climbing trees.

A woman photographs a colorful fall tree Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012 near Hiawatha Lake in south Minneapolis.

The Corning Tower, left, the Executive Mansion and Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception are shrouded in fog and autumn colors Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012, in Albany, N.Y.

AP Photo/The Herald-Palladium, Don Campbell

A cyclist rides beneath a canopy of trees Thursday, October 4, 2012, on the campus of Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Mich.

Fall colors are displayed on a hillside on Monday, Oct. 8, 2012 in East Montpelier, Vt. The annual foliage display in Vermont is reaching its peak.

Sun shines through the colors of fall on a tree on Monday, Oct. 8, 2012 in Montpelier, Vt. The annual foliage display in Vermont is reaching its peak.