Blooming crabapple trees in front of the DeZwaan Windmill at the Windmill Island Gardens in Holland, Michigan. 2017
This is "Lake Of The Clouds" in the Porcupine Mountain Wilderness State Park in Ontonagon, Michigan. I showed up in the pitch dark, having never been there before, only hoping I was going in the right direction and hoping to not fall off a cliff, I also did not know if the fall colors were truly peak or not. As the first light came over the mountain I knew I was where I needed to be, the sunrise illuminated the perfect fall peak colors I was hoping for and as a bonus the sunrise placed its beautiful rays across the escarpment; such a beautiful place.
Wanting to find more of "fall" I decided to take a detour down a narrow road. I was rewarded with this beautiful pine forest with the fall colors popping through the background.