OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOODS!

The forecast for this last week was not good, except for Monday, and that was iffy, at least on "our side" of the mountains.

I had to take the chance, feeling there just might be new snow on top, and some bright leaves left, and the possibility of sunshine on the "other" side.

Photo buddy Pat is ever-ready, so she helped me follow my whim.

Our day was perfect in every way imaginable, and some ways we couldn't have imagined!

This stop, below, was on a wide shoulder of the Pass freeway, first looking to  the south side:

 The sun came and went with the wind in the clouds, highlighting trees here and there.

 Then, toward the north side:

Then, we were off the freeway, and on our own to ramble!

We felt like, and so we did: shout "whee!"

Leaves were wheeling all around; the woods had a musky-sweet aroma, and we were in solitude!

One of our destinations was to the little town (population less than 900) of Roslyn.

It is authentically-seasoned, having come to existence as a coal-mining town in the mid-1800s.

It was popularized for awhile in the early 1990s as the location for filming the TV series, "Northern Exposure".  It's stage name was Cicely.

Poor Pat was not prepared for the first of my many fast-breaking turn-arounds for the photo op.  But she survived, and caught on fast!  She pointed to many of her own!

Well, this barn was the first brake-n-turn stop on the outskirts of town.

(Does a town that is 5 blocks long actually have "outskirts"?)

It is hard to tell whether the ancient apple tree was holding up the barn, or visa/versa:

The fun thing about stopping in remote places is to look around for other photo ops in the near vacinity.

These were right across the lane:

I love the wild effect of monotone.

 Here came that peek-a-boo sun: