fall, for sure

today I woke up at 5:45, excited to get out for a quick mountain bike ride before work. I peered out the window and saw it was raining. oh well. now it's about 49 degrees out with a light drizzle. the top of Quandary peak got a dusting of snow last night, prob around 13,500' and higher. but tonight they say the snowline will drop down to 11,000'. Helen, Alina and I took my parents for a very short hike on the Lucky Mine trail and the trail over to the Reiling dredge. a cool drizzle ended up turning sunny as we saw some of the early fall color starting up.