{"id":6212,"date":"2018-10-16T07:08:14","date_gmt":"2018-10-16T12:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/?p=6212"},"modified":"2018-10-17T07:08:04","modified_gmt":"2018-10-17T12:08:04","slug":"bismarck-mandan-area-has-the-best-autumn-colors-part-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/?p=6212","title":{"rendered":"Bismarck-Mandan area has the best autumn colors (Part 4)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Sadly, this autumn has been brief, cold, and gray&#8230;and I&#8217;ve been way too busy to get out. But last year was perhaps the best photo fall I&#8217;ve ever had. Worth reposting. Six posts in all, I believe. Here&#8217;s the fourth.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2017\/10\/binek_mine_52456-8_hdr.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5747\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2017\/10\/binek_mine_52456-8_hdr-500x333.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2017\/10\/binek_mine_52456-8_hdr.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2017\/10\/binek_mine_52456-8_hdr-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2017\/10\/binek_mine_52456-8_hdr-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>This was when the fall colors were just starting to emerge, at the &#8220;abandoned&#8221; Binek mine. Yes, someone still lives at the site, although it ceased operation long, long ago.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2017\/10\/outhouse_52625-30_hdr.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2017\/10\/outhouse_52625-30_hdr-500x330.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2017\/10\/outhouse_52625-30_hdr.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2017\/10\/outhouse_52625-30_hdr-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2017\/10\/outhouse_52625-30_hdr-455x300.jpg 455w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>Open air outhouse &#8211; if you&#8217;ve really gotta go or don&#8217;t have a thing for modesty, feel free.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2017\/10\/fall_colors_54080-2_hdr.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5759\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2017\/10\/fall_colors_54080-2_hdr-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2017\/10\/fall_colors_54080-2_hdr.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2017\/10\/fall_colors_54080-2_hdr-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2017\/10\/fall_colors_54080-2_hdr-452x300.jpg 452w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>See the capitol hanging out beneath the boughs of this tree? It sits along Apple Creek Road. Still got a little bit of green in there&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2017\/10\/fall_colors_53742-7_hdr.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5761\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2017\/10\/fall_colors_53742-7_hdr-500x329.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2017\/10\/fall_colors_53742-7_hdr.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2017\/10\/fall_colors_53742-7_hdr-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2017\/10\/fall_colors_53742-7_hdr-456x300.jpg 456w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>This row is south of Bismarck in the wildlife management area. I caught just the right skies, but getting the sun in the right position behind those branches was a challenge.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2017\/10\/fall_colors_53847-9_hdr.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5760\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2017\/10\/fall_colors_53847-9_hdr-500x333.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2017\/10\/fall_colors_53847-9_hdr.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2017\/10\/fall_colors_53847-9_hdr-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2017\/10\/fall_colors_53847-9_hdr-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>This is a tree I spent plenty of time photographing. I even got full of all kinds of crunchy and pokey stuff lying beneath its branches. Might be fun to revisit it later and post the results of that half-hour dalliance.<\/p>\n<p>Have I exhausted my quiver of fall photos from 2017? Hardly. Even as the cruel North Dakota wind threatens to strip these trees bare, I&#8217;ve already got plenty of fun photos so far. And I&#8217;m not ruling out a few more before we&#8217;re left with nothing but sticks and bare branches for the winter!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sadly, this autumn has been brief, cold, and gray&#8230;and I&#8217;ve been way too busy to get out. But last year was perhaps the best photo fall I&#8217;ve ever had. Worth reposting. Six posts in all, I believe. 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