Color is Humming in Humboldt County

Mushrooms in Arcata make for fun color patches (10/21/23) Michelle Pontoni

Take a fall drive from Santa Rosa to Arcata and you just might be as lucky as color spotter Michelle Pontoni last Friday, October 20.

Pontoni reports that color searchers can find a little burst of yellow and orange among the evergreens around each corner driving north from Willits into Humboldt County.  “The vineyards range from full green to brilliant multicolored,” she says. “There’s still time to enjoy the fall.” Additionally, Pontoni reported from Arcata on Oct. 21. “These are fun little color patches and are popping up all over in our super moist forests,” she explained of the happy little mushrooms growing in the region. Fall color can come in all shapes and sizes.

Highway 101 north of Willits (10/20/23) Michelle Pontoni
Highway 101 north of Willits (10/20/23) Michelle Pontoni

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