![]() ![]() Instead of exploring this fall color route by car, consider doing it by foot or bike! The Chippewa River State Trail that begins in Eau Claire goes all the way to Durand. Toward the start of fall/end of summer, you can also find a sunflower field along this route! Babbette's Seeds of Hope is located right off Hwy 85 and is located at S5875 Fuller Rd. To learn more about this sunflower project and the people behind it, check out this blog: Babbette's Seeds of Hope: Fields of Gold. This is believed to be the only surviving billboard for the Great Anglo-America Circus and Menagerie making this piece of art and history extremely special. Their "Orton Room" has a 9-foot high by 55-feet long multi-sheet full-color paper advertisement that was used back in 1885 to promote the Great Anglo-American Circus. You'll be able to dine right along the Chippewa River and also get a little (or we should actually say a big) piece of history. While you're in Durand, make a trip over to Corral Bar & Riverside Grill for a meal. Not far from the intersection is Best Western Plus Eau Claire Conference Center - a great place to book a room as you continue to experience fall in Eau Claire. The newly renovated Garfield Avenue and the view of Eau Claire from the top of UW-Eau Claire's hill always have visitors talking!Īfter getting off Hwy 85, you'll need to get onto Hwy 37 to enter into Eau Claire. This school lays claim to being Wisconsin's most beautiful campus, so there is no doubt that this is a great area to explore in the fall. Not too far from Hwy 37 as well is the UW-Eau Claire college campus. While this isn't a place to necessarily stop, it's cool for you to know that Eau Claire, WI is the largest grower and processor of horseradish in the WORLD! So next time you see a Silver Spring product on the shelves at your local grocery store, you'll know exactly where it came from! While driving along Hwy 37 in Eau Claire, you'll pass by Silver Spring Foods, Inc. They are a hip bistro that offers Chinese food, sushi, and several Japanese beers on tap. If you're craving something a little more international, check out Shanghai Bistro located right off Hwy 37 on Craig Rd. Their fish fry will knock your socks off. If you're hungry for those classic Wisconsin supper club favorites, make a stop at 4 Mile Restaurant & Bar. ![]() The actual flavour is a combination of ingredients derived from cinnamon, nutmeg, dry ginger and cloves – and occasionally chemicals found in pumpkins.Holiday Inn Express Eau Claire West is located right off Hwy 37 and the I-94 exit (#65) making it a convenient place to stay as you embark on your fall adventures. The name “fall” became popular after the poetic use of “the fall of the leaves” was used to describe the – it eventually was shortened to just “fall.” That particular term eventually became popular in the British North American colonies, by the mid-1800s.Ĭontrary to popular belief – or maybe not, if you were always skeptical – the perennially popular cornucopia of pumpkin spice flavoured food that gets trotted out in fall doesn’t actually have much real pumpkin in it. It’s original name described the gathering of crops that went on at this time of year. In England, fall was originally called harvest,” before the 1300s, and eventually autumn. What’s in a name? LORDA Park is just hitting its stride, with an assortment of shades of leaves changing, near the water and along the trails. They are the colours of all the other pigments always present in leaves – minus the chlorophyll.Ī combination of less daylight and cooler temperatures in the fall cause the chlorophyll in leaves to break down – which reveals the other pigment in the leaves. The vivid shades of red, yellow, orange and everything in between that you can see in the fall haven’t just recently appeared. ![]() Nothing beats a stroll through Trenton Park as the leaves begin to change – a pleasant contrast to the cooler tones of the water and the sky. When a hemisphere of the Earth tilts toward the sun, it gets warmer – autumn occurs as a hemisphere turns away from the sun. They are caused by how the Earth is tilted, in relation to the sun. The changes that occur in fall are not due to the Earth’s distance from the sun. The leaves on the trees along the winding Durham Road are just in the early stages of changing colour. ![]()
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