I took my first play day in quite a while on October 27th and made a run up the South Fork of the McKenzie river in search of Autumn colors.

The Oregon Cascades are not like the North East as far as having a lot of red in the fall colors. Out here is is mostly shades of yellow with some splashes of red thrown in from the vine maple, even then you will only see that in areas with a lot of sun. Most of the hardwoods in the woods will give you a range of yellows from brilliant to dull but with the background of evergreens and vivid green shades of moss, all of the yellows stand out. Anyway, here is a little Cascades color for you.