Nothing like taking pictures in the rain. We took a ride to our favorite canyon in the central valley to get some end of fall pictures. It was raining a light mist the whole time. It had been raining for a couple of days and for me its my favorite time to take pictures. All the bark on the oaks get really dark and the fall colors get saturated from the water. It was a weekend and we saw maybe 3 people the whole time. Saw a lot of deer and wild turkeys. We usually go to the Sierra for fall colors but they end around the end of September but here its December and I would say they peaked about 1-2 weeks ago.
We left pretty early and grabbed a few tamales from a street vendor for breakfast. Nothing like a fresh made tamale for breakfast on a rainy day.
There was a heavy mist hanging over the valley and it got better the further we drove. I brought my film camera but didn't want to take it out in the rain, I did manage to get a few pics when the rain stopped but went digital for the most part. We always go through this canyon when we are up in the valley because it changes so much as you drive through it. This was by far the best I have seen it. It seems we were stopping every half mile to take pictures before we decided to walk more. Stopped by this big oak for breakfast. We like places that are quiet and not many people so we were in heaven this day.
My wife loves taking pictures and as usual she disappeared somewhere to take pictures why I fiddled with the settings on my camera.
Took a little drive further up the road and found a town I have never heard of before. It was only about 4 blocks long but an old town. It looked to be an old farming town back in the day. I really enjoy when the vineyards change color. It seems some grapes are different colors. There would be huge fields of deep red leaves then whole fields of yellow and orange. I will look into that. Anyways it was a beautiful day in the rain. Enjoy what everyday gives you!
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