Long Lake - Chequamegon National Forest

It's camo at its best - a toad with a white stripe down his back in the dead leaves.

It was a "feet in the water" kind of day!! !

Always HAPPY to see Cousins Irene and Mary, and very happy to meet Mark.  It was a beautiful day at the SUPERIOR Lake.

Show us some leg, guys!

Superior!!!

Apple Pie from Erickson's Orchard

The "Best"!!!

Star Route in Echo Valley

Wild Things

At

At Bayview Park Beach - late afternoon

One of the campsites in our campground - there is a problem bear around and maybe, just maybe, he'll "camp" here tonight.

Houghton Falls Trail

The colors are beginning to "show off"

THE LAKE

Saxon Harbor Beach
(right on the WI/MI border)

Lunch at Little Girl Point (Michigan)

If we must - more signs of Fall.

Look how blue the water is today.

What a beauty this one is!

On the Lake Walk this morning we saw three of these weather predictors.
Which is it - brown or black that predicts the winter?

Lunch on the bench - and then a look at the view from the bench

Lunch...

The view during lunch - Vandeventer Bay
Washburn, WI

On the beach ...

Word goes out - the "browns" are in, and the boats come from every direction.

Monarch - Time to fly to Mexico

A wild time at the Zen beach

Fall is in the air...

The hill is still green, but no barefeet in the water.

Good to be at our "home" away from home

And so the AUTUMN begins....

On our walk this morning -

It's "flying boat" season

Just past the Washburn marina - red clay run-off from yesterday's storm colors our beautiful blue "ocean"

Guess who  is in the driver's seat?

The rain and thunderstorms are coming - so we made a full day of it.

Marina at Cornucopia

Bark Bay on the 'South" shore

Red Cliff Reservation
Frog Bay Tribal Park
The first in the nation

The hike up and down the ravine edges was so quiet and peaceful.  We never did get to the beach...maybe next time.

Still More Blueberries

Autumn colors begin to show.

At dusk - the Moonrise

Dinner in the moonlight

Last night we dined with the "harvest moon" shining brightly...

The ZEN beach - lots of wave action today

Large - leaved Aster - An Autumn beauty in light purple

It looks light blue here, but it really is a pale lavender color and very delicate

Fungi - EVERYWHERE!

When we returned this weekend, there were three inches of rain in the rain gauge.  Now the toadstools, etc. are flourishing.