I've lived in Colorado for 46 years

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and have only missed one time (Covid year) of seeing our gorgeous aspen trees turn to gold on the Peak to Peak highway from Boulder to Rocky Mountain National Park. This year is one to remember, those golden leaves sparkling in the sun, quaking in the wind, the orange/red standing out against all that gold and huge dark green pine up to treeline on 14,000 foot Long's Peak. And beautiful blue sky.
After our terrible fires we are so blessed and can only hope that we can control the awful fires in California and save the giant sequoias and redwoods and our amazing planet.