Each year, there is about a one-week window when fall color is at its peak in any given area. When that period lines up with great weather it is time to get outside. Today, I drove up to Franconia Notch, one of my favorite places for autumn photography. My first stop was the Squam River bridge, in my opinion, one of the prettiest in all of New Hampshire. Built in 1990, this covered bridge replaces a steel and concrete bridge that was condemned. The state proposed a two-lane steel bridge for this site, but the citizens of Ashland voted for a one-lane wood bridge constructed in the traditional style of covered bridges. Mirror Lake was my next stop and then it was on to the town of Lincoln. By the time I started heading for home, the northbound weekend tourist traffic was backed up for several miles and I was very happy to be going in the opposite direction.