If you think autumn skips the Golden State, look again.
By October, summer is often still in full swing. You’ll get few chillier nights, followed by scorching days well into the 90s.
That isn’t to say I don’t like it here. In fact, my biggest gripe with California is simply its residents complaining about it. I do my best to make the most of things. I spent 24 years enduring Minnesota winters, and my seasonal depression doesn’t dip quite as low somewhere I can still hike in January.Because of those years growing up in Minnesota, my heart yearns for fall. At my place in L.A., I burn fall-scented candles — whatever amalgam of scents that is. I watch spooky movies.
I am not the most outdoorsy of people, nor am I the least. I comfortably solo car camp a few times a year. I’ve become an avid backyard birder. I have a healthy respect for the wilderness, which includes a healthy fear. But I also let curiosity guide me. When camping without service, I write down every question that pops up so that I may research it later. This is, perhaps, a control issue — a discomfort with the unknown.
Did you know aspens live between 150 to 200 years? Did you know they are the most widely distributed native North American tree? When looking at their habitat range, it is no wonder I feel so at ease in their presence; aspens are prolific across my home state of Minnesota as well. The autumn of California will never compare to that of the Midwest or East Coast, but then again, it shouldn’t have to. I went to Eastern Sierra looking for some nostalgic comfort, and I found it.
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