Blew off studying and took an early morning hike with Derek, and it was definitely worth it! I'd never been to the West Fork and I'm glad I made it out there because the colors are unbelievable. I'm also glad we started when we did (7:15) because we saw numerous groups when we were heading out. It seemed quite busy for a Wednesday morning so the weekends must be ridiculous. Even more ridiculous was the guy that asked us, "Does it get any better farther down?" We thought it packed a punch the whole way!