Four Seasons
I am a fan of a location that allows you to experience all four seasons. The same temps and same look year round just seems boring. This is not to say that some seasons are not more enjoyable than others. If you have four seasons, you have winter and winter in northern Minnesota and Wisconsin get long, cold, and dark. I do cheat a bit and bug out towards the end of January to spend a couple of months in Hawaii. I see this as the reward for growing old and being able to take such liberties.
Fall is my favorite. The temps are cool and the air seems pure without the higher humidity of summer. These are perfect conditions for me as heat and I are not on good terms. This is the season of harvests and brilliant color. I enjoy taking photos of the leaves even though they likely look about the same as last year. Great colors against blue skies and reflected in still ponds and lakes. Others agree. A friend of ours wanted to schedule a business trip to Duluth/Superior last weekend and was unable to book a motel/hotel room in the area – too many tourists wanting to take in the peak of leaf season.
We are camping this week in order to explore the same area. Campgrounds are full despite most parks shutting off the water to campsites and closing toilets. Camping without hookups would not be my preference, but we are self-contained and can deal with most inconveniences. This will be the last trip of the season and it will be time to get the camper winterized.
I am cross-posting this to my travel blog [https://grabetravels.blogspot.com) because I am traveling We are camped for a few days at Copper Falls State park which is fairly close to our lake home in Wisconsin. Various leaf photos are likely to follow as well as whatever else we can find. Just sitting around the fire this evening reading Wolfman written by our friend Stan Trollip.
