Fall colours in Wa

Deciduous trees stop producing chrophyll when the day length or photoperiod shortens. Then the colors in the leaves can be revealed. Temperature does not have much to do with it.

Edd505 wrote:
Try crossing SR20 over the North Cascades Highway, Mazama, Winthrop, Twisp all should be colorful and make great stops.

20 is one of my all time favorite drives. This was a drive to Settle via a different route than usual.


Gary

Tumwater Canyon looked great this morning with the cloud cover.






Gary

Try crossing SR20 over the North Cascades Highway, Mazama, Winthrop, Twisp all should be colorful and make great stops.

Gary thanks for the photos. You have shown some of my Sacred Ground.
I like the yellow western larches further east.

Some pix from the journey so far.


Similkameen River BLM.



Along 97 south, just north of Tonasket



On the Icicle River, Leavenworth




Gary

Hotjag1...were you meaning Tumwater or Icicle Canyon? I did Icicle yesterday, Wed., and that ir oretty cool. Tumwater was where I started out, then got thinking...this cn't be right...not very very colourful. Turned about and spent the day.




Gary

For anyone that has border crossing concerns....Monday morning, crossing at Oroville, get the usual Agriculture inspection. Pull over to the left and wait for the agent.

Agent finally saunters over...holds up the passport and observes..."you don't look much like this anymore" as he gives me my passport. Às I hand it back..`because that`s not mine`.

The agent in the kiosk had given my passport to another driver and they were long gone. Long story short...they knew the other driver and knew he`d be back sometime in the day. I was released into the US and I overnighted up on the Similkameen. Got it back this morning at 9am.


Gary

PNW_Steve wrote:

Yosemite Sam1 wrote:
That's a beautiful state even without the fall colors.

I wonder though why you'll be amazed with WA.

You are from BC where I bet, it's more colorful come autumn, lol.

I find the fall colors here quite beautiful. No need to travel to Canada to see them.

You'll be happier staying where you are. Travel has a tendency to broaden one's horizons.

Gary

enblethen wrote:
WA SR2 has colors in the Tumwater Canyon west of Leavenworth.

Thanks for the hint. I am sitting in Omak looking at which way...I like yours.

Gary