While hiking I have seen Vine Maple trees, and expected the Fall colors to be in Maples. No !! Fall colors are in Huckleberry bushes ! Vine Maples are beautifully red and orange, but they lack in abundance. There are not many Maples on the hillsides. Huckleberry bushes cover the meadows and hillsides with a dense green mat during the summer. They become bright red in the Fall, everywhere.
Its been raining and cloudy for more than a week. Before this storm moved in, I photographed Lenticular clouds over the big mountain. They occur when stable, moist air flows over a mountain, creating a series of oscillating waves. On a different day I saw the layers of waves form a stacked cloud.
This photo to the right reminded me of the mountains in NH.
A Gray Jay sat briefly on a branch before flying away. Gray Jays can be quite tame in campgrounds.
