Type of Hike
Day hikeTrail Conditions
Trail in good conditionRoad
Road suitable for all vehiclesBugs
No bugsSnow
Snow free
The Cottonwoods and the Aspen are at peak fall color now. This hike is only a couple miles long so I coupled it with Rattlesnake Dance and Umtanum Falls for an excellent fall color experience.
On the return trip we crossed to the north side of the creek where there is a well worn but less used path. My wife shrieked when she almost stepped on what she thought was a rattlesnake. Fortunately it was only a Gopher Snake.
Comments
We left 9-15 with our trailer for a two month road trip to view the East Coast colors, visiting friends and family along the way. We have been enjoying the fall colors in Washington through your and other trip reporters! This is one of our favorite fall hikes! Happy hiking! Barb
Posted by:
Bob and Barb on Nov 04, 2016 09:14 PM
How was the fall color on the East coast this year? I've never seen it myself but some of the photos I've seen in the past are spectacular.
Posted by:
Maddy on Nov 04, 2016 09:56 PM
I just saw your comment. The fall colors were good, but we found them hard to capture in a photo because they are so expansive.We were sometimes too early, sometimes too late, and a few times at prime! Having spent a year in Colorado for Bob's internship, the aspen were especially GREAT for us! Our best images from the trip in the East coast area are those in our "mind's eye!"
Posted by:
Bob and Barb on Dec 15, 2016 11:09 PM
You may really enjoy taking panorama photos to capture those expansive scenes. I used to take a series of overlapping photos and stitch them together on Photoshop Elements. That was somewhat time consuming. Now I just use my Smartphone (Samsung) and it's all automated. It really opens up a whole new world of photography and it's more representative of what you see with your "minds eye".
Posted by:
Maddy on Dec 16, 2016 06:30 AM