Aspen aspirations achieved!
Just returned from 3 days in the California Alps, where the nightly temperatures are dropping to the freezing point and causing the quaking aspens in the area to display leaves of vivid gold, orange, and red. Stay tuned: photos are forthcoming, including some photos of dead trees that I’m sure a certain Mr. Mangan will enjoy.

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March 11th, 2009 08:00
[...] I mentioned the other day that I’d be posting a story about the autumn-blazed aspens I had looked forward to experiencing. The weather had made a distinctive turn during the week, and Summer had suddenly and finally become Fall. [...]