Mid October at Forked Meadow

I spent a few days up at Forked Meadow in mid October. The leaves are starting to change color and we got our first good dusting of snow.

Here comes a dusting of snow! This might be the first snow of the year. I’m not sure if my parents had any earlier when I wasn’t here.

Everything is damp and wonderful and it feels like magical fall!

Doing some work to get a pile ready to burn later this fall. This is in preparation for the underburn that we’ll be doing next year. We did manage to jump a track on the bobcat and had to reinstall it in the forest. That track is HEAVY.

Down at Camp El-O-Win checking out the fall colors.

Early fall at Forked Meadow

We did some work removing dead trees around Forked Meadow. This one was a threat to the driveway.

These two trees were near the house and needed to come down.

We did some electrical work at Camp El-O-Win.

The meadows sure are beautiful in the early fall!

Hike along Dinkey Creek to Camp El-O-Win

Today I followed Forked Meadow Creek down to where it joins Dinkey Creek and then hiked along Dinkey Creek down to Camp El-O-Win. After visiting camp, I then hiked cross-country back up to Forked Meadow. It was a nice little hike. I always enjoy exploring the nearby watersheds.