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While the hot weather doesn’t feel very autumn-like, it is officially October and time to enjoy all of the fun festivities that come with my favorite season of the year.
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1. Go searching for fall colors
If this is your first fall in Colorado, then you’re in for a treat this season. You get to witness all of the fall leaves and color changes on mountainsides throughout this beautiful state. It is a gorgeous sight to see and something I highly encourage everyone to take advantage of in the fall. You get to see such pretty landscapes, and going on a hunt to see them in the mountains can make for a fun day trip.
2. Wear sweaters
Soon the air will be chilly as the wind blows across campus and the temperature begins to drop. This signifies sweater weather — my favorite kind of weather. Sweater weather means being able to wear cardigans, baggy sweaters or even that shirt you may have bought in August that you have been waiting to bust out.
3. Enjoy chilly mornings with a hot beverage
The combination of the fall colors and warm sweaters with hot coffee on chilly mornings is the best feeling in the world. In fall, the weather is at the perfect middle ground of not too cold and not too hot. There is so much bliss in spending the quiet morning outside in the chilly air — if you wake up early enough to sit and take it all in before school, that is.
4. Drink pumpkin-flavored beverages
In my opinion, fall beverages are always the best when warm. So when it was excruciatingly hot in August and early September, it wasn’t quite time for the deliciousness of seasonal beverages. However, now that it is cooling down outside and sweaters are wearable yet again, it is finally time to start enjoying those pumpkin-flavored beverages. Whether it be picking one up on your way to class, grabbing one on the way to see the fall colors or maybe purchasing one just to enjoy the crisp morning outside, it is finally pumpkin beverages’ season to shine.
5. Go to a pumpkin patch
And finally, my favorite activity that can be enjoyed by all ages is going to a pumpkin patch and picking out your own pumpkin. Personally, this wasn’t something I experienced until last year, but it was a wonderful activity. Going to a pumpkin patch is so much fun, and you get the chance to spend time with friends, invite new people and even explore the farm that has taken the time set up these activities just for you.
So with October finally arriving, it’s time to start doing fall activities while the season is still here.
Reach Dominique Lopez at letters@collegian.com or on Twitter @caffeinateddee6.
