Goin’ to the Chapel

This is a good time to be in Mammoth Lakes which has been experiencing clear skies and warm days making for great fall color spotting in the Eastern Sierra. The Lakes Basin is at peak with color spotters making novenas to the Twin Lakes, Lakes Mary, Mamie, George, Horseshoe and the Twin Falls Overlook. 

Angie Plaisted was there yesterday and photographed a copse of trees at Lake Mamie, and later, the forest chapel, an outdoor location where weddings often occur. It occurs to me that the copse of trees ought to be called the forest chapel, as they have spiritual beauty.

In the autumn light, willows and aspen near Lakes Basin shores glow as if lit by clerestory windows.