hanging on, photo by jamelah.
Jamelah wrote this about this photo: I got to borrow a canon digital rebel this week, and I think I’m officially converted to dslr worship. Yeah. I don’t know if they’re getting this back, without first having to pry it from my cold, dead hands.
I think I’m in the “keep hanging on” camp.
Untitled, photo by jacalynsnana.
This photo is from a couple weeks ago – I’m not ready for fall to be over though!
Part of our Michigan Fall Wallpaper series.
Primary Colors, photo by CaptPiper.
Julie says: It’s been cold, raining, and just nasty in general all week. Then for a short time on Wednesday, the sun made an appearance.
Makes an absolutely GORGEOUS computer background as well and is part of our Michigan Fall Wallpaper series!
this train must dead end, photo by freckles~.
Kathy is from Ann Arbor. This photo might be too. It is part of a set of Fall 2006 photos that you will want to check out.
World Series in Detroit, photo by UrbanTiki.
Bobby Alcott’s photo of Comerica Park was taken before Game 1 of the 2006 World Series from the top of the Fox Theatre parking garage. The detail on this photo is incredible. Click above or check it out on black.
While Game 1 wasn’t very happy for Tiger fans, Bobby got a great shot of Kenny & Pudge at Game 2!
Maybe this will be available soon You can order a copy of this photo of Comerica Park on Opening Night of the 2006 World Series from Bobby Alcott Photography!
Mackinaw Bridge, photo by wyoming_1.
David Vernon writes:
An interesting picture. Taken from the somewhat world famous Cupola Bar at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island, looking west towards the wonderful Mackinaw Bridge. The sun was behind the clouds and setting fast but not entirely influencing life at the bridge colorwise.This shot was taken through a window but you have to look hard to see any reflection.
He can probably be excused for getting the last letter of the bridge wrong (though he is out of the spelling bee!) as he lives near the Mackinaw River in Illinois. Besides, it’s confusing to know whether it’s Mackinac or Mackinaw. Regarding “Mackinac or Mackinaw?”, the St. Ignace Chamber says:
The native people called the area Michinni-makinong. The name was shortened over the years by French and British settlers. In the 1600s, the French pronounced the ending as “aw”, which translated to their spelling as “ac”. Michilimackinac, Fort Mackinac, Mackinac Island the Straits of Mackinac and the Mackinac Bridge are spelled with an “ac”, but pronounced “aw”. Upon the arrival of the British, a village established as Mackinaw was pronounced as “aw” and also spelled that way.
Basically, the bridge and the island are “ac” and the city is “aw”.
The View, photo by I am Jacques Strappe.
Marjorie has quite a few more photos of Sugarloaf Mountain near Marquette.
The Upper Michigan Informer has good information on how to get to Sugarloaf Mountain (just 5 miles north of Marquette) and the trails you’ll find there.
In addition to some history, Hunt’s UP Guide quotes outdoor writer Jerry Dennis from A Place on the Water: An Angler’s Reflections on Home:
“Like many downstaters who attend Northern Michigan University, I was there for the country. . . . Even those places that were most popular gave access to a wildness that is rarely encountered in the Lower Peninsula. A few miles from campus, at the summit of a little mountain known as Sugar Loaf, you could stand on rock outcroppings and look north over the almost frightening vastness of Lake Superior, then turn south and see unbroken hills of forest tumbling inland toward the horizon like bunched rugs. It was country – and this is what I had come north to find – big enough to get lost in.”
FYI, A Place on the Water is a great book if you love Michigan, the outdoors or simple good writing. If you love fall’s beauty, check out the Michigan Fall Wallpaper series!
fall leaves, photo by Latitude 45.
Am I ready for fall to end? No, I am not ready for fall to end.
You can have fall all the time and up-to-date with our Michigan Fall Wallpaper series!
Upper Tahquamenon Falls, photo by lluusz.
This photo was taken on October 16, 2005. I don’t speak Chinese, but I’m guessing this “上塔库梅珑瀑布” says something about what a glorious sight this is.
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