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posted: October 1st, 2018 |
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As stated on the previous page, this page continues September 17th at 9:54 AM. We continue our drive out to Chena Hot Springs and at the end of this page we have arrived at the hot springs and the adventure ends. Click on any thumbnail to begin.
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Okay, here we continue our drive out the Chena Hot Springs Road on September 17th to see the autumn colors. The first photo, like the one before it, shows some nice magenta colors in the Fireweed. The center photo shows some Tamarack or Larch trees (Larix laricina) with their yellow clothing prominently displayed and the third shot shows more aspen and birch trees all dressed in yellow.
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As we rounded a curve here was this hawk sitting on the wires beside the road. I braked to a stop and Kazuya caught these 3 photos and also the single photo in the next row. We could not identify this hawk by using our book. If you know what it is, please let me know. A big THANK YOU goes out to Norm in Japan, who let us know that he believes it to be an immature Red-tailed Hawk - light-phase. Okay, upon Googling that and looking at the images, we have to agree.
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Before it flew away it graced us with a short stretch where we could see its backside too. This didn't help us though. Maybe it's an immature of some species? The second and third photos show more nice yellows and reflections in the water.
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Here are three more autumn color shots as we continue driving out the Chena Hot Springs Road.
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Here are three more shots showing autumn colors and reflections in the water.
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That is Kazuya in the first shot. The second image, a two-shot panorama, shows the Chena River flowing by to the north of us and the third shot shows more yellow.
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The sign in the distance shows that we are near Rosehip Campground, which means we are at 27 mile on the Chena Hot Springs Road. The second and third shots show an amazing yellow mountainside.
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Here are three more yellow shots.
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Did we luck out with today's weather? Yes, we did!
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More amazing yellows.
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The first shot in this row was taken in the Angel Rocks Trail parking area. The second shot was, obviously taken at mile 50 on the Chena Hot Springs Road. In the distance is Chena Dome, higher in elevation, the leaves are already gone.
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Now we are at Chena Hot Springs Resort. The first shot was taken looking down the landing strip there. The second image is a two-shot panorama taken at Chena Hot Springs. The third photo is an airplane, which was previously just sitting on display at the end of the airstrip. Now they are working on building an "airplane on a stick" so to speak. We have no idea what the history of this aircraft is, or why they want to immortalize it.
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