Eileen Ogintz, Tribune Content Agency

What are you waiting for? If you really want to enjoy fall foliage, you’ve got to get out of the car.

And that includes all of you at Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the country’s most- visited national park, where so many visitors stay in their vehicles that they’ve got a special moniker – "windshield wiper tourists” because they use their wipers to clear condensation rather than getting out to explore.

Whether you are in the country and whatever your budget, there are plenty of opportunities to enjoy fall colors whether taking a walk in a city park, hiking or biking in a mountain town or trying something new amid the foliage (fly fishing, perhaps, an end-of-season paddle?)

People want to get outdoors – or they say they do. According to Kamp

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