WD8A7692 My daughter and I had an opportunity to spend a long weekend in Bend Oregon during October.

There is something about the fall and it's beautiful color.  My daughter and I spent most of the day hiking, with a nice long walk along the Deschuetes River.  It was an overcast day in the morning, so the colors were saturated.  Also there were a number of red pine needles on the ground which provided even more color to the above image.

This image was taken on the same day, a little further down the river.  I had to be patient to make sure that there was no breeze in order to capture the reflection.  In fact, there were a couple of times that we had to wait for the breeze to settle.  One time we decided it was the current rather than the breeze that was altering the reflection.

One of the personal joys that I experience when doing this hike is to see bends in the river.  I was very encouraged to see the variety of colors along the shore, and the ability to see two different bends...afterall, the city is called Bend, Oregon.