Mineral King cabins have the most visitors in August, as evidenced by more cars (No need to keep your hood up – it doesn’t deter the marmots, and they aren’t busy in cars in August.)The colors are getting more yellow because. . .. . . the grasses are drying out and there is goldenrod in bloom.See? Goldenrod, and the flowers and grasses are tall.This is not a sign of fall, although it could be a place to fall. It is a style of trail building called “rip-rap”. This is looking down at a section of such trail. It is hard to walk up and even harder to walk down. You’ll be pleased to know I didn’t fall – thank you for your concern.Squint and look across the stream. Fireweed is in bloom, and it usually appears in August. The stream is low, although not sluggish.The aspens are still green, and the grasses beneath them are still green. Not fall, just August, late summer.Goldenrod!This is how August looks along the Nature Trail, from Cold Springs Campground up to the actual Mineral King valley.
Mineral King has a quick summer. Gotta go, gotta experience, gotta enjoy, don’t blink, because boom, it is over. (The temperature in the early morning of the day I took these photos was 38 degrees.)
Oh, this all looks so very familiar! I’m hoping, hoping to get up in early September when the aspen are turning golden, and every morning requires a fire to fend off the chill. Thank you for the lovely photos!
Sharon, so happy to share. I hope you do make it up in September. That is such a nice time, when the heat of summer is still on down the hill, we get a foretaste of autumn up the hill.
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Oh, this all looks so very familiar! I’m hoping, hoping to get up in early September when the aspen are turning golden, and every morning requires a fire to fend off the chill. Thank you for the lovely photos!
Sharon, so happy to share. I hope you do make it up in September. That is such a nice time, when the heat of summer is still on down the hill, we get a foretaste of autumn up the hill.
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