At the end of September, I took a real short trip to the East side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains near Bishop to see some fall colors in the mountains.

I drove around June Lake Loop, but there was only a little color to be seen there.

Then I went down into Bishop Creek Canyon and was rewarded with lots of color. Saw a lot on the way to South Lake, then more around the lake after I took a short hike. It was probably 1-2 weeks from full color around the lake.

But when I went to North Lake, the colors exploded all around me. I’m fairly sure the color was very nearly at it’s peak when I was there. As I circled North Lake, more and more color greeted me.

Then the inner geek in me took over as I found what I assume was where the macOS High Sierra wallpaper photo was taken. I even found what I assumed was the actual BOULDER that it was taken from (the landscape seemed to match exactly with the photo Apple used for the wallpaper from the top of the boulder). Compare for yourself (my original photo, Apple’s photo, and my slightly retouched photo):

The best highlights:

All the rest of the photos: