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rozoneill: The trail began at a lushly forested trailhead
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rozoneill: I had plenty of opportunity to photograph yellowing maple leaves
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rozoneill: A maple leaf stretches out its fingers
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rozoneill: The lush growth made the trail hard to follow in some places
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rozoneill: The soft yellow underbelly of an upside down leaf
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rozoneill: Moisture from the nearby creek makes things pretty green
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rozoneill: Cow Creek-016
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rozoneill: Rain water beads up on a maidenhair fern frond
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rozoneill: Lots of yellow leaves lurk in this otherwise green forest
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rozoneill: Yellow leaves run rampant
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rozoneill: The entire forest was on sodden, damp, and soaked biomass
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rozoneill: This trail does not see a lot of use
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rozoneill: This is like a before and after shot
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rozoneill: Obviously, ferns and blackberry vines handle autumn differently
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rozoneill: Enjoy the green while you can fern, you'll go yellow soon enough
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rozoneill: Strata in the fernosphere
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rozoneill: The lush vegetation acts as soft funeral bier for a fallen tree
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rozoneill: Bicolored fern frond display
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rozoneill: Water beads on a vanilla leaf
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rozoneill: At times the forest was green with no hint of autumn
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rozoneill: The trail goes past trees standing and fallen
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rozoneill: Dollie is all smiles
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rozoneill: Autumn coloration, dogwood leaf style
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rozoneill: Vine maples reach out with yellow paws
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rozoneill: Subtle red tint on a vine maple leaf
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rozoneill: And the trail goes on...
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rozoneill: A patch of vine maple begins the yellowing
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rozoneill: The trail steadily dropped down into Cow Creek's canyon
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rozoneill: The blending of maple and fir was wild and colorful
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rozoneill: It was a colorful forest we were hiking through