Greetings and welcome!
Last weekend brought some disappointment for people expecting beautiful leaves. A late week rain and wind storm completely stripped the early maples of their color. Before that the colors were spectacular. It seems to happen every October. The early colors get really prime and a wind and rain storm strips them. One tree in my front yard (maybe an ash) went from just coming into full color to completely bare in one day.
The next wave of color is here. A lot of the aspen is turning yellow and a lot of other species are getting in on the act. there were some great fall color pix on FaceBook this morning. Annnnddd.. Yup you guessed it. We are not expecting a rain storm but we are expecting 15-20mph winds gusting to 33 today. This color show will hopefully be more durable in the wind because it is just coming into color, but I make no promises.
We do have a nice weekend ahead. Today we could hit 75, and Saturday and Sunday look to be about 60. The NWS has the next chance for rain Sunday night and Monday.
Normally this would be the weekend of the Crooked Lake Octoberfest. That has been canceled.
I do have one event for the weekend. The Near North Riders snowmobile/ATV club is having a brat fry at the Firelane Bar Saturday from 11-4. They will also be raffling off some meat and other prizes.
I did not see any other events for this weekend. That is unusual, but 2020 has been an unusual year.
Someone suggested that a trip to the Mountain fire tower would be a good weekend activity. I have been there at peak fall color and it is an amazing view. From what I have heard it is open.
There were a lot of bar and restaurant closures due to a recent surge in covid cases in the area. Most of those have re-opened.
That is about it for today. Have a good weekend and thank you for visiting!
RJB