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What a wonderful state. What other place has a road called The Bohemian Highway? Darrell Sano spent his Labor Day exploring Sonoma County, returning with these shots of color developing along the Bohemian Highway (CA-116), where vineyard workers are busy, seven days a week, bringing in the harvest. Despite its overall Patchy rating, GO NOW! […]
Color spotter Jill Donald camped in Bishop Creek this week, capturing these shots along South Lake and North Lake roads. She reported, “A few aspen are yellowing; some willows are yellowing; and some leafy groundcover plant is turning vivid oranges and reds.” Just Starting (0-10%) — Upper Bishop Creek Canyon
A Labor Day weekend sojourn sent us traveling east along I-80 (Yuba-Donner Scenic Byway) to Truckee, then south on CA-267 across Brockway Summit to North Lake Tahoe. Spots of emerging yellow are seen among lime to dark green quaking aspen and black cottonwood at Dutch Flat and Cisco Grove. The groves of green quaking aspen […]
Holiday weekends always seem to delay posting observations. That’s the case with these reports, submitted with apologies for their maturity. Carolyn Webb reported from the Virginia Lakes Resort last week that color has been appearing increasingly along the Virginia Lakes Rd. Above is a photo received on 9/8/17 to compare how the color has developed […]
Eastern Sierra destination marketing organizations (DMOs) have again published a comprehensive guide to fall color along US 395, a route named by USA Weekend as “one of the USA’s five best road trips.” California’s Eastern Sierra Fall Color Guide & Map lists major annual events, significant fall color plants, and directs color spotters to 21 […]
Alena Nicholas reports exploring new areas in the San Bernardino Mountains, today, the Barton Flats Recreation Area adjacent to Jenks Lake. This area has a variety of trees “that should be beautiful during peak season,” including black oak, creek dogwood, chokecherry, Rocky Mtn maple, bigleaf maple, white alder, black cottonwood and Frémont cottonwood. Alena says […]
Tawni Thompson of Bishop reminds us that September and October are prime events months in Inyo County, with history, endurance, cultural, pop, film, sport and fishing faires, festivals, days, races, ralleys and seminars. Here are some highlights to combine with a fall color viewing trip. 9/10 – Laws Museum Good Old Days. Pioneer crafts, demonstrations, live […]
Little Lakes Valley in the Eastern Sierra near Mammoth Lakes is known for breaking out early, though Convict Lake usually waits to be paroled. Color spotter Josh Wray escaped his office in Mammoth Lakes today and ran right to these High Sierra hideouts to see how fall color is developing. He said the beautiful warm days […]
It’s survival not just of the fittest, but of the wisest. Deciduous trees drop their leaves in order to survive. As days grow shorter and colder, deciduous trees shut down veins and capillaries (that carry water and nutrients) with a barrier of cells that form at the leaf’s stem. Called “abscission” cells, the barrier prevents […]
We explain this each autumn and now is as good a time as any to describe it, once more. It is the combination of shorter days and colder temperatures that cause leaves on deciduous trees to change color. Throughout spring and summer, green chlorophyll (which allows trees to absorb sunlight and produce nutrients) is made […]