Out in the Autumn Woods, the last post for Autumn pictures for 2010!

I have FINALLY gotten outside to get some winter photos...

but I vowed to post all of my "old"

late autumn photos on my blog

before

starting to show my winter photos...

Lucky for you,

this is the last of the late autumn pictures that I had taken. LOL

We spotted this playful squirrel on a hike in late October:

And you know by now, my love for tree roots!:

And of course, walkways into the woods for a hike...

doesn't it make you wonder what is around the bend?

Somehow, this playful squirrel just kept showing up!:

Tree root drama in black and white!:

Another angle of this tree root wonder!:

Love those foam swirls in river water too!:

But, like all good things,

autumn had to come to an end in the great white north....

So,  we followed that path

on out of our hike...

and towards winter....

So....

stay tuned for winter pictures

from the U.P. (Upper Peninsula) of Michigan

coming in my future posts....

we have about 6 mos. of winter here, so you may get just a little tired

of seeing all that white!!

Of course, I am taking a few tropical breaks from winter in January and probably February,

so I will throw some of those warmer pictures your way too!

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Sturgeon River Gorge and some ducks!

Back out in the autumn woods today....

some photos taken before we got our dusting of snow!

Although the lighting was bad

and made the pond shimmer,

I still wanted to capture

these ducks playing in the sun:

We took a ride to a place we haven't been in a long while...

Sturgeon River Gorge.

It is a gorge over looking a long, winding rive

and for our part of the country, it is a pretty deep gorge.

Of course, the minute I got there, I wished we had gotten the photos when the leaves

were in full color.

So, I put a mental note to remember to do it NEXT year.

But it was still remarkably pretty.

I loved how the trees looked like little dustmops over the now golden forest floor:

See the river, far below?:

Looking through the trees at the hills and wilderness beyond:

Love, love, LOVE this spot!:

No civilization for miles and miles!:

We will definitely return here for some spring and fall photos...

maybe we will see some eagles soaring....

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!!!