Fall in the Tetons

A mule deer outside my cabin one early morning.


Aspen grove near campus.

It seems to have happened overnight but it is fall in the Tetons. Besides the cool weather, moose sightings, and elk bugling, the aspens have begun to change color. Although I miss the reds and oranges of the oak and maple trees on the east coast, the aspens put on a good show. Their leaves have turned a golden color that is simply breathtaking in the sunlight. The cottonwoods have also begun to turn and look like torches - the top half of their leaves are amber and gold while the bottom leaves are clinging to their summer green.

In the coming weeks the weather will be quite variable starting out in the low 20s in the morning and climbing to 60 degrees by mid-afternoon. Quite soon the greens and yellows will turn to snowy white.