It's a secret to everybody.

There had to be a trick. No one just goes to look at cold-ass chlorophyll-lacking forests for fun, right? That just doesn't make any sense!

I concluded there was one plausible explanation for this autumn leaf peeping frenzy: free booze. Yeah, you wish you thought of it first, I know.

Next month: the real way to do an autumn getaway, at 19 degrees latitude.