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Cyn and I went up north this weekend. We went to visit some Yooper friends of hers in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
It was supposed to be to see the fall colors, but since they had a tornado go through town last weekend, much of the scenery turned out to be lying on the ground. Most of the big trees in their little town were blown down. It was an F1 tornado, and if it were bigger, I think that they would have lost houses in addition to trees. Most of the damage to the homes was caused by trees falling. Cindy and I took a walk to the cemetery after dinner (I ate way too much of that chili). Most of the work was concentrated on the homes and their yards, so all of the trees were still lying where they fell in the cemetery. I took lots of pictures, so I'll post them as soon as I can. I was about halfway through the grounds when I realized I didn't have any film in my camera, or I'd have more pictures. We had to run back to the house for film, before the light went away. And I don't have any pictures of us on the rocks at Horse Race Rapids. Or pictures of the Encampment , last weekend.
Anyway, we drove up there yesterday morning. It was a three hour trip. Then we drove about another hour to the rapids. The whole way, our hosts were practically apologizing for the lack of color. I thought everything was gorgeous. The reds, oranges and yellows were out, but the greens hadn't turned to brown, so it was all gold and green. Since they live right on the Wisconsin/ Michigan border, we crossed back and forth a few times on our trip to the park. For some reason, the colors were brighter where we crossed into Wisconsin. We told them that it was because this is an election year in Wisconsin.
On our drive home today, we stopped at the beach. It was sunny, warm and windy. Cyn and I took a nice walk on the nature trail, and the beach. The waves were huge (for the lake). The water was almost warm enough for wading - which is as warm as it ever gets. I wish I had dressed for it. After a detour from the trail to the beach, we waited for a couple of deer to walk by us. It was so quiet in the woods, and so windy out in the open.
It was supposed to be to see the fall colors, but since they had a tornado go through town last weekend, much of the scenery turned out to be lying on the ground. Most of the big trees in their little town were blown down. It was an F1 tornado, and if it were bigger, I think that they would have lost houses in addition to trees. Most of the damage to the homes was caused by trees falling. Cindy and I took a walk to the cemetery after dinner (I ate way too much of that chili). Most of the work was concentrated on the homes and their yards, so all of the trees were still lying where they fell in the cemetery. I took lots of pictures, so I'll post them as soon as I can. I was about halfway through the grounds when I realized I didn't have any film in my camera, or I'd have more pictures. We had to run back to the house for film, before the light went away. And I don't have any pictures of us on the rocks at Horse Race Rapids. Or pictures of the Encampment , last weekend.
Anyway, we drove up there yesterday morning. It was a three hour trip. Then we drove about another hour to the rapids. The whole way, our hosts were practically apologizing for the lack of color. I thought everything was gorgeous. The reds, oranges and yellows were out, but the greens hadn't turned to brown, so it was all gold and green. Since they live right on the Wisconsin/ Michigan border, we crossed back and forth a few times on our trip to the park. For some reason, the colors were brighter where we crossed into Wisconsin. We told them that it was because this is an election year in Wisconsin.
On our drive home today, we stopped at the beach. It was sunny, warm and windy. Cyn and I took a nice walk on the nature trail, and the beach. The waves were huge (for the lake). The water was almost warm enough for wading - which is as warm as it ever gets. I wish I had dressed for it. After a detour from the trail to the beach, we waited for a couple of deer to walk by us. It was so quiet in the woods, and so windy out in the open.
