chasing the minarets and aspens

A trip to the eastside of the Sierra the end of October is for the purpose of storing up the mountains, knowing it will be six months before the air and light will be visited again. The Minarets hold a fascination, and provide a focal point from many locations. Their jagged peaks are easily spotted. This summer smoke from the Aspen fire obscured them from our view. But they were on full display this month.

And while we missed the peak of the aspen color, there was still some left for us. We had seen the first leaves budding out the end of April, and now we were viewing the leaves falling.