California wild grape, Vitis californica, were at peak a year ago this week. So, as I passed through Cameron Park, I stopped, expecting to find them full of color.
They were, but not as I’d have preferred to see them.
So, I continued east on US 50, the Lincoln Highway (America’s first transcontinental highway) to Placerville, the El Dorado county seat.
As I climbed the west slope of the Sierra toward Placerville, clumps of orange black oak and golden Fremont cottonwood glowed from surrounding woods.
Placerville is at peak with the oaks particularly good in the midday sun.
- Placerville (1,867′) – Peak (75-100%) GO NOW!
- California Wild Grape, Cameron Park (1,198′) – Past Peak, YOU MISSED IT.
