You can actually get on boats and see the foliage along the shore [with] narrated tours. [The Connecticut River] is really a very unspoiled waterway with beautiful scenic vistas as well as small, quaint towns.

Vineyards ... are bearing their fruit ... so there are some wonderful wine tours.

The Connecticut River has become very well known for its bird-watching opportunities. During the fall ... we have migratory birds coming down from Canada heading south. ... We have an annual fall bird walk at one of our state parks right along Long Island Sound.

When people visit Connecticut in the fall, they tend to stay a few days -- three or four days on average -- and you really get out to experience what there is to see and do.

You would think it's not as dangerous as being out in the street. How could two boats out in the middle of nowhere collide with each other? Because boaters get distracted. They get lost in the feeling of wide openness, and they become careless.

A rising tide lifts all boats