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| A RED MAPLE STANDS OUT AGAINST BACKGROUND OF STILL-GREEN SUGAR MAPLES AND OAKS |
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| MANY STRETCHES OF HWY 2 HAVE LITTLE FALL COLOR AS YET |
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| A YELLOW ELM AMID FIRS, SPRUCE AND RED MAPLES |
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| COLORFUL STRETCHES OF RED AND SUGAR MAPLES AND A FEW ASPEN AMID SPRUCE AND FIR TREES ALONG US HWY. 2 |
Wednesday, 9:00 AM. 50 degrees F at the ferry dock, 47 on the back porch. Wind WNW, very gusty at times. High today around 60 with mostly sunny skies, continuing through Friday. Rain again on Saturday.. just in time for Applefest. Maybe it will at least dry out enough for me to get some exterior painting done,
Joan had an eye doctor appointment yesterday in Duluth that took us from Ashland west to Duluth on US Hwy. 2 along the southern shore of Lake Superior, a 60 mile stretch through far northern Wisconsin that by my estimation is about at 50% fall leaf color, red maples colored up but sugar maples and poplars just beginning, oaks and tamaracks still green. Sumac, dogwoods and other shrubs becoming colorful; grasses and ferns beginning to look like fall.
We have had so much rain and high humidity that its may not be a particularly colorful fall, but leaves are turning and it may surprise us and be spectacular; who knows?
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