Wedding-Related Information: MaineFoliage.com

Now that Katelyn and I have put our venue and date in place for this wedding, I'm going to be providing a lot of informational posts for our guests to get a sense of what they're in for when they get to Walpole, Maine for our wedding.

One of the reasons that Katelyn and I decided to have our wedding in October 2010 (aside from the primary one of wanting to have a year to plan the thing) is because the both of us love the autumn season and Maine gets very pretty (though it also starts getting very cold) in the fall.

Thankfully, for our purposes, the state of Maine understands the tourist appeal of fall foliage and runs MaineFoliage.com to give a weekly run-down of the change in leaf color and the % of leaf drop in seven different zones of the state.  They have been providing this service since 2003, and Katelyn and I both researched the trends of leaf coloration for our proposed wedding weekend heading back through the years.  The data for Zone 1, which is where Clark's Cove Farm in Walpole, Maine is located, can be found by clicking the link below.

1. Report for October 8th, 2003 -- Foliage Color: Low -- Leaf Drop: Low
2. Report for October 15th, 2003 -- Foliage Color: Peak -- Leaf Drop: Low
3. Report for October 6th, 2004 -- Foliage Color: Moderate -- Leaf Drop: Low
4. Report for October 13th, 2004 -- Foliage Color: High -- Leaf Drop: Moderate
5. Report for October 5th, 2005 -- Foliage Color: Low -- Leaf Drop: Very Low
6. Report for October 12th, 2005 -- Foliage Color: Moderate -- Leaf Drop: Low
7. Report for October 4th, 2006 -- Foliage Color: Moderate -- Leaf Drop: Low
8. Report for October 11th, 2006 -- Foliage Color: Peak -- Leaf Drop: Moderate
9. Report for October 3rd, 2007 -- Foliage Color: Moderate -- Leaf Drop: Low
10. Report for October 10th, 2007 -- Foliage Color: High -- Leaf Drop: Low
11. Report for October 8th, 2008 -- Foliage Color: High -- Leaf Drop: Moderate
12. Report for October 15th, 2008 -- Foliage Color: Peak -- Leaf Drop: Moderate
13. Report for October 7th, 2009 -- Foliage Color: Moderate -- Leaf Drop: Moderate
14. Report for October 14th, 2009 -- Foliage Color: High -- Leaf Drop: Moderate

Even though color was only "Moderate" for our visit to Clark's Cove Farm last weekend, the state of Maine is looking very colorful right now; out-of-state guests will surely want to bring their cameras.  Also, in the meantime, be sure to bookmark MaineFoliage.com to follow the rest of this year's reports and follow along next fall as the big day approaches!