More Fall Finery From Leavenworth

I took so many great fall photos from my October visit to Leavenworth, I decided to create one more post to showcase scenes from the following day.  (One can never have enough autumn leaf photos!)

The Wenatchee River

My friend Kim and I decided to head back to the banks of the Wenatchee River and travel in the opposite direction from our previous morning's walk. 

Lovely nearby ponderosa pines

The fall colors were just as amazing.  Golden trees lined the riverbank with a few pops of red thrown in for contrast.

Kim enjoying the view

Can you see the house in there?

We discovered a small pond lined with some vibrant red bushes.  As you can imagine, many photos were taken here!

The most spectacular display of red foliage

This pond was surrounded by fall color

Autumn leaves close-up

The distant snow-dusted mountains were nice bookends to the fall color festival along the river.

One more of the mountains

After checking out of our motel, Kim and I took a drive west of town, up the Tumwater Canyon.  The Wenatchee River meandered through this narrow canyon.

Old bridge in Tumwater Canyon

About 5 miles down Tumwater Canyon, we stopped at a trailhead and walked a half mile to an impressive steel truss bridge spanning the river.  Now used for pedestrians only, the bridge took hikers to a continuation of the trail on the opposite side.

Wenatchee River in Tumwater Canyon

The fall leaf colors were absolutely gorgeous here.  

Checking out the shoreline

Kim and I followed this trail about a mile along the river's shoreline before coming to a dead end.  So we turned around and headed back to the bridge.  The best scenery was right there anyway.

Underneath the bridge

More fall beauty

Before heading for home, I wanted to explore the area along nearby Icicle Creek.  I'd been told there were lots of trailheads along this creek, leading deep into the wilderness.  We didn't plan to hike any of those trails today.  I found enough fantastic scenery just driving along the road.  I bookmarked the area for a future hiking trip, though.

Icicle Creek

As I mentioned in my last post, since our late October visit, the town of Leavenworth and surrounding areas have recently been deluged with heavy rainfall, flooding, and mudslides.  The wonderful city park where Kim and I walked along the Wenatchee River is now under water.  The highway west of town through Tumwater Canyon has experienced massive washouts of the road, effectively closing all travel.  So today I'm looking at the images I took with a bit of sadness, knowing many of the places I just visited have sustained heavy damage.