North Past Old Baldy

Along the way we did pull up into one short dead end and found it bathed in colour too.  There's an old wooden bridge up ahead, now collapsed, but I rode up this old road with a family friend 50 years ago, to gather hay on a property above the escarpment.  I was 17 I think.  I remember it as quite an adventurous ride!

Today this road just leads to three houses so does accumulate a few leaves, with very little traffic.

Looking straight into the forest remains a favourite view to show fall colour.

And back down to the main road, turning right to drive through Kimberley.

At the north end of Kimberley you get a terrific view of Old Baldy looking to the east.  The Bruce Trail goes right along those cliffs; I've been up there many times (before the wheelchair!).

We just went one road further and drove up into Amik subdivision, a group of chalets built 50 years ago on the north side of the former Talisman Ski Club, now defunct.  We've seen some brilliant red trees here in the past, but it was looking rather subdued this time.  Mind you there are some pretty fancy chalet renovations!

Above those chalets were those upper slopes of colourful Sugar Maple.

Coming down out of that subdivision we got a view of the opposite slopes, on the east side of the valley, as well as a few closer bright trees!

And then another spectacular view of Old Baldy, and the slopes below it.

We turned north and had some great views of that eastern slope, where the Bruce Trail follows all along the top.

This final view shows a new home that's been built that I was totally unaware of - you can't see it from the road below.  Homes like this are being built by wealthy families who purchase an entire 100 acre parcel and build a road up the slope to their preferred location with the best view!

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I'd like to add a word about the editing of these two posts.  I use my simple built-in editing program to crop and brighten photos that need it, and sometimes adjust the saturation to make the colours richer - but I'm very careful to try and keep the colour just as we actually saw it in real life.

Then Mrs. F.G. came in, looking over my shoulder as I was editing, and told me they were too dull!  So while she stood there I adjusted the brightness and saturation until she thought I had it right.  So what you see above is what the two of us thought were the actual colours, and they were really bright!