Color spotter Lance Pifer sent a quick update on Santa Ynez before where colors are just getting started.
“It needs about a month to really start showing. Only the fall colors at El Capitan State Park have more colors but nothing that special (yet).”
Santa Ynez – Just Starting (0-10%)
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