That’s one reason to avoid Michigan. Otherwise, those pictures make me want to see the state.
Do it in early as in 1-10th of October.
The Sugar Maple, beech, Red Oak Leaves light the State up.
Two very vivid memories I have, One I have a picture of were
back in the late 70s I had a trap line I ran. The day before a storm set in. Rain with temps dropping into the low 20s. I got up and went to the river early that following day, got into my Canoe and headed up river.
The rain had froze to everything. Trees, grass...as I went up river the sun was coming up. The Sun glittered on everything, the fog was lifting off the river bottom and the river surface was as smooth as glass.
The other was in the Early 80s I spent a lot of time in Northern Lower Michigan running Coon Dogs. One Night in Mid October it has rained all day. I loaded the hounds and headed north. When I got to the area I was going to hunt I hit the big timber and the two tracks to get me there. The rain had caused a lot of the leaves to fall. The two track was covered with a blanket of leaves along with all that were still on the trees it was a sight to remember. When I went to unload the dogs there was a herd of Elk in the Area and the Bulls were bugling. I just sat there for a while and took it all in.