Show us the tree with google maps roadview.

Or just a pic of it...

probably a spruce

===>>> there are many.. that get a winter gold/yellow coloration ...

but your suggestion of spruce.. baffles me ...

as you note.. those are all greening up.. to some extent.. not going the other way ...

pine, thuja and cham are getting the coloration ..

ken

I wish I could post a picture, but no camera, no technological knowlegde and it was quite far away.I was really hoping you folks could give me some suggestions. It certainly was beautiful,

go to the following webadress.

https://maps.google.com/

Zoom the location by rolling your mouse. Then click the yellow man on right corner of the mapp and drag him to the point of road where you saw the tree while driving by
If the road turnes blue, it is filmed and now you see the scenery as if you were in your car. When the tree is visible, click the black chain-image on left side of screen and copy the link-adress and paste it to your following mail.
That way we could also see the roadview of that tree.