It’s been a month since hiking due to foot surgery a month ago, so to ‘take the pulse’ of the state of the colours I drove the parkways and checked favourite spots, here and there along the route. The colours that were present stood out beautifully because it was a dull, rainy day which enhances colours. But the colours were just starting so green was the predominant colour everywhere.
Here are a few samples of the state of colours on September 29th.
Pretty well all green at Fortune Lake:
And the same at Champlain Lookout, on the escarpment, facing south, with a small splash of colour:
A bit more colour in a wet land along the Fortune Parkway:
A bit of colour emerging on another south facing ridge at the pond near P8:
And a wild splash of colour in the swamp opposite that pond. Go figure, it sure looks out of place:
And lastly, something that simply caught my eye:
