Signs That Fall Is Officially Here in Yakima – Our Top Five

Being that the Yakima valley is known for their apples, around here people know that as fall begins, a huge supply and variety of apples come through. A ridiculous amount, really. Too many, it seems at times. Good news for us apple lovers, they're pretty much always on sale during fall. It's also the first time you'll see honeycrisp apples, those gigantic, woman's softball-sized apples.

If you live in a house in Yakima, or live in a place where you have to do your own yard work, just about every house in Yakima has a tree, sometimes more. Not only will you be raking your leaves just about on a daily basis, chances are you'll be raking the leaves from the tree next door. Something to think about if you're buying a house, check the trees of your neighbors. If they're evergreen you're good to go. If you have some sap dropping tree with millions of leaves, keep it in mind.

Oh. Thank. God. I'm not sure what's in the water for men in Yakima, and not just good looking, fit, athletic men in Yakima but your average dude, that they often times go shirtless as they walk around Yakima. Casually walking down the street as if they forgot to put a shirt on that day believing they've got the body of Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson. As the days get cooler they'll save you the vomit bag and throw on a shirt.

It's a remarkable aroma that you won't find in a bag of Harry Potter jellybeans. I'm not exactly sure what the combination of smells is that immediately takes you back in time to when you wore a plastic mask with rubber band and character matching smock for Halloween. It's a very cool, crisp essence. The best I can come up with is dried leaves, fresh pumpkin and nutmeg.

The good news about Autumn in Yakima is that there's football at just about every bar, restaurant and establishment that has TVs on the wall. The bad news is there's football at just about every bar, restaurant and establishment that has TVs on the wall. Bad news for me who doesn't care about football. It's about unavoidable but in order to lure you in to their place most places have 'football specials' on the menu - specials that count even if you get food to go.