Our timing seems to be about right. Brilliant swatches of yellow and deep red splash across the mountain slopes in stark contrast with the deep green of black spruce. It is beautiful. It is nearing time for fall bird migration too. Swans are supposed to be congregating in preparation for heading south. No luck yet but I hope they will catch up to us along the way.
We checked out Pine Lake in the kayaks. It was a quiet float except for the show down between a bald eagle and another hawk. Seems they both have young in nests along the shore so they don’t play well with others right now. The hawk was a 4th the size of the eagle. She was determined though and ultimately ran the eagle off her end of the lake but only after a talon to talon midair barrel roll and a lot of racket.