https://sgillies.net/enSun, 31 Dec 2023 01:26:24 GMTNikola (getnikola.com)http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rsshttps://sgillies.net/2023/11/12/wellsville-fall-colors.htmlSean Gillies<p>After crashing out of the Bear, I picked myself up by going for a short hike in the <a class="reference external" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellsville_Mountains">Wellsville Mountains</a>. This range frames Cache Valley on the west side and is covered with bigtooth maple.</p> <figure> <img alt="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53328584175_25128968e5_b.jpg" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53328584175_25128968e5_b.jpg"> <figcaption> <p>The Wellsville Range draped in red maples.</p> </figcaption> </figure> <p>The colors made my jaw drop. I lived in Cache Valley for 10 years and don't remember a better show.</p> <figure> <img alt="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53328345293_72e790eb86_c.jpg" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53328345293_72e790eb86_c.jpg"> <figcaption> <p>Closeup on pink and red maple leaves.</p> </figcaption> </figure> <figure> <img alt="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53328122971_2691c5592d_c.jpg" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53328122971_2691c5592d_c.jpg"> <figcaption> <p>Dark red chokecherry leaves.</p> </figcaption> </figure> <p>Hobbling through this landscape and seeing the color change as the sunlight fluctuated improved my mood by several hundred percent.</p> <figure> <img alt="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53328468064_528345d3d7_b.jpg" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53328468064_528345d3d7_b.jpg"> <figcaption> <p>View across a sunlit pasture to red maple covered slopes under a partly stormy sky.</p> </figcaption> </figure>fallleaveslifeoutdoorshttps://sgillies.net/2023/11/12/wellsville-fall-colors.htmlMon, 13 Nov 2023 02:01:04 GMT