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Big Bear Begins to Glow

Bracken fern, Big Bear Lake (9/25/19) Mark Hanning-Lee

On the advice of an innkeeper, color spotter Mark Hanning-Lee drove from Big Bear (San Bernardino Mountains), up Aspen Glen Rd. and continued on Mill Creek Rd. for another two miles to find the forest floor carpeted with golden bracken fern and a lone willow that was positively irridescent.

  • Red maple, Pine Knot Rd, Big Bear Lake (9/25/19) Mark Hanning-Lee
  • Willow, Big Bear Lake (9/25/19) Mark Hanning-Lee

Big Bear is still in the early stages of showing Fall Color, though this photographs show that even the red maples along Pine Knot Rd in the village near Starbuck’s have decided to dress for autumn.

Hmmm, I wonder if Mark sipped a Maple-Pecan Latte while enjoying the color?

  • Big Bear (6,752′) – Just Starting (0-10%)
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