Well, it isn’t UW Husky purple … but it comes sorta close if you squint hard enough.
This is a road in Fort Worden State Park in Port Townsend WA. Covered with Doug fir needles and a few W Hemlock and W Red Cedar’s mixed in. This is the road that I walk regularly for my exercise program. It’s only used for service vehicles, so no danger of getting run over (except by a speedy occasional bicycle enthusiast).
These were taken a while ago, but we still have a few maple leafs left on a few of the maple trees. It’s interesting how there is so much difference between trees in a grove. It’s my favorite time of year for enjoying maples: when the leafs are bright yellow/orange and the sun shines through them.
Above is the Elwha River Road (Olympic National Park) … a section that is past the barricade due to a washout. Below is one of the roads in Fort Worden State Park in Port Townsend … one that is open only to pedestrians and bicyclists (and service vehicles). In both cases, vehicles on the road would have left tire tracks in the frost or the needles blown down during a wind storm.
Fort Worden is just north of downtown Port Townsend, Washington. I go there frequently to get some exercise and to enjoy the views. The big leaf maples are very colorful in the park this year. Other areas seem to have suffered from dry weather, but the park sits next to salt water and get moist weather more often. Below is detail.
I’m not really sure if these are some kind of plum or some kind of cherry. I’ve never seen the fruit it puts out (even though I’ve looked throughout the late spring and early summer. But they are nice, regardless.