Autumn Splendor
by Betty LaRue
Title
Autumn Splendor
Artist
Betty LaRue
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
An Autumn view near sunset from Talimena Scenic Drive in southeast Oklahoma. This beautiful 54 mile drive has been designated a National Scenic Byway. Thousands of people travel the byway in the fall. It begins in Talihena, Oklahoma, on Oklahoma 1 highway, and crosses Winding Stair and Rich Mountains in the Ouachita Forest. It continues into Arkansas on Ark. 88 and ends up on US. 71 in Mena, Arkansas.
The colors depend on how much rain the area receives in a given year, as autumn color depends on moisture anywhere else. On years when rain has been scarce, the tourist numbers go down, on wet years the roads can be full of leaf-peepers. It is a wonderful drive full of twists, turns and low mountains.
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October 20th, 2012
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Comments (7)
Bob Orsillo
Oklahoma is a beautiful place, this scene is breathtaking! v/f
Betty LaRue replied:
Thank you, Bob, we do have some hilly country here, with some low mountains. We have prairies, too!
Lawrence Burry
I love this image, Betty. The area is so beautiful and so well exhibited by your work. voted.
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