Great Lakes, Great Rivers
Alena Nicholas, who reported for several years from the San Bernardino Mountains before leaving California, has been traveling along the Canadian border visiting great lakes and great rivers.
Her travels through Minnesota, this past week, occurred just as frost coated foliage, encouraging color change. So, we asked Alena to send some snaps and impressions.
The red oak leaf (Quercus rubra) pictured above is an exotic in California, but a native resident and appreciated fall color provider in north midwest woods for its scarlet leaves.
Alena followed rivers that feed the Mississippi at its headwaters, visiting the towns of Thief River Falls and Red Lake Falls where clear, meandering shallow streams have not yet picked up the sediment that makes The Big Muddy famous.
In Minnesota’s forests, oak, maple and cottonwood are decorating branches with spots of red, orange and gold.
An occasional Tree of Heaven blares its satanic red. This is an invasive tree that is changing our forests, as reported previously within: The Devil’s Work.
- Minnesota (1,132′) – Just Starting (0-10%)
