Going Gold

As the nights get noticeably cooler the aspen go gold...

Oh deer, it’s fall

I live in the forest, with all the other wildlife.  And fall is here...

Aspen Gold

The forest is turning to gold. At least the Aspen are. Last week’s few cool nights down into the low 30s F have triggered the trees. This photo was taken on Monday. I need to get out in the forest.

Scenic Sunday – Won’t be long

Won’t be long now before the aspens turn from green to gold and slowly drop their treasures to the forest floor yet still hold up their skeletal crowns.

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Fall falling

This was two weeks ago on the Walhalla Plateau. The hillsides were golden from Midas’ touch.

This was yesterday. It looks like someone spent most of the gold.

Sky Watch Friday - Grand Canyon National Park

View south from Fire Point
The sky was clear when I left my RV home on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park (click here for that story) and drove north into the adjacent Kaibab National Forest to explore a side road leading to Fire Point. Many awesome canyon views are located in the forest where you can also camp for free.

Forest Road
I continued to watch the sky and didn’t stay long. During summer monsoon season it’s a good idea not be caught unaware. Dry creeks flood in an instant carrying water—and anything else in the way—over the canyon’s rim creating waterfalls that you’d never expect. Hard packed gravel roads can become a mud wrestler’s dream in moments. And there are no phone bars.

It never did rain that day. The monsoon season can be like that too as the winds blow the clouds away. Sometimes, the air is so dry the falling rain never makes it to the ground.

Dancing Aspen grove
Yet during the winter snow can build up to 25 feet which often bends the trunks of young Aspen.

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