I've been to my fave spot in Crawford Notch for each of the past four years. Here's the images and dates. In particular, check out 2018 which was taken 4 calendar days earlier than today
It was just a quick day - I arrived at 6:00 and left at 8:00. Got things to do at home! This early color change does not coincide with the days I took off from work. I'll prob be up again on Friday trying to capture the train on its run through the notch