This was on our drive from Lucerne to Bern. Our guide said that this was the Swiss Central Plateau. We stopped at one point at the end of a side road and took a mile hike along a ridge line. To say the least, it was a beautiful day and the day was matched by the scenery.

We had great views all around and were serenaded by the near constant sounds of cow bells. Our guide said it was great mushroom country. The yellow conifer trees are larch trees which are the only conifer to lose its needles in autumn, lending nice color to otherwise mostly green forests.

Most of the area is agricultural. They have lots of cows but also grains for people and hay for animals. They do grow some row crops like corn but as you can imagine, there isn't a lot of real flat ground.

I loved the forests here, and in this area, the forests were actually quite diverse in terms of the types of trees.

Logging and lumber are big industries here which was no surprise as they have an abundance of forests.