Photos: Best of the West

Elizabeth Blucher, visiting from San Francisco, uses her cell phone to photograph one of a group of Sycamore trees coated in a blue dye as part of a living art display in downtown Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, Oct. 12, 2012. "The Blue Trees" is part of a living outdoor art project by Australian artist Konstantin Dimopoulos, who has colored the trees in four other cities since 2006. The trees are colored with a ultra marine blue nontoxic dye that is safe for trees, people and creatures and will wash off in about six months.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)