I thought others might be interested in where we have (and haven't) found good Fall color on our trip:
October 2 - Minneapolis, MN to Duluth, MN - nothing exciting
October 3 - Some color in Northern Wisconsin, but didn't see anything really interesting until we got
to western end of Michigan Upper Peninsula. A few spots of pretty good color on the western side of
the peninsula up to Iron River and Crystal Falls, but very focal. Went over to Munising, where color
was not well-developed.
October 4 - Foliage Network web site showed High Color on the Southern/Eastern edge of the peninsula,
so we drove over there (was fantastic several years ago there, but was also a week later then). Result:
a dud. Decided to drive back to western peninsula, ended up in Iron Mountain.
October 5 - first day of our trip it didn't rain, found spots in Iron Mountain on I-141 and side roads that showed
brilliant reds, oranges and yellows. While focal, the colors in small areas were excellent.
Still cloudy, so most shots were intimate with no sky included:
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October 6 - rained a lot all day. The first 13 miles west of Iron Mountain on I-141 had a lot of spots with good
color, again with mixtures of reds, oranges and yellows. These spots were High Color, some near Peak.
Drove loop through Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest and came North on 139. A LOT of color here, with moderate leaf drop.
The section of 139 up to Iron River had many large areas judged to be at Peak--mostly oranges, some reds
and yellows. Outstanding viewing. The first few miles West of Iron River on I-141 was also at Peak, miles
of nearly solid oranges:
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Hope this information is useful for anyone coming to the area.
--John