David McGowan is a travel photographer working out of West Michigan. Of the day he took this photo, he writes:

Today (May 2, 2007) seemed the perfect day to tour our public wetlands. It’s that sweet part of Spring with lots of budding and blooming, yet not so overgrown that you can’t freely move along a creek or river. This series is from the Flat River and a couple of its tributaries, which I’m sure I wouldn’t have mentioned had I found any morel mushrooms.

Click over to David’s site, humanfiles, to view more photos from his afternoon at Flat River and galleries with many more shots from Michigan (and elsewhere, but I’m not sure I can talk about photos from elsewhere).

You can get more info about the Flat River State Game Area from the DNR and also get the scoop on paddling Flat River from Michigan Water Trails.