October 20, 2019

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Bitt 2nw Valley

Garrett College

Can-Heights

CRN-Canaan

Cabin Mt

Cabin Mt N

Spruce Knob

Snowshoe

Can-Valley Floor N

7Springs

Cumberland AP

Rainy, fog, dreary day with some clearing late

Temps today

Radar

Satellite

Flow

Surface features and 500mb height anomalies and flow

Pics today

Blackwater Falls State Park

We will begin at Pendleton Point. A superb overlook view across to Shays Run and the crazy golden yellow birches, as well as up and down river of the Blackwater Canyon.

And the colors were….Wow…and stand out even more with the rain saturating the colors and the cloudy skies

That tree there, in the next grouping of pics from across the Canyon, it stands out..

A jump across the Canyon looking back towards Pendleton Point, Pendleton Run and up and down river of the Blackwater.

The colors from this side seemed even more vivid/vibrant/spectacular/awesome than from the Pendleton side. The birches are crazy good, red maples are super. The tulip poplar that I seen close by, those yellows on those were not that great. The vibrant birches though stood out.

Oh yeah, the tree from the other side

On back to Lindy……the colors on down the Canyon were less vibrant than the upper part. Still good, but few more greens and not overwhelming in color like up river.

Scenes from around the park

Canaan Mountain

Coming up Canaan Mt from Davis, still some nice color. Lots have fell but not bad. On top, a lot of the understory beech are peaking out with spotty maples retaining nice color. On back Canaan Mt, well and wayyy past peak and a snowless winter look almost.

Thomas on north 219 to the top of Backbone

This area is well beyond peak with lots of leaves on the ground. A fairly heavy weighted maple area The understory beech though gave decent color in spots.

North to Garrett County.. near Sand Flat Rd

Color is patchy. A fairly heavily mixed red oak area. Some of the white oak is fading to reddish and or brown colors

Deep Creek Lake on north

The immediate Lake area is still a slow go, a little more color coming in. But being heavily oak dominated, and red oak, it’s a slow transition. Always is On north from Cherry Creek where the birches and some red maple are colorful, the colors are running out with spotty exceptions near Bittinger with lots on the ground now