Spirit of the Woods Hike- October at High Rollways

  It's gotten to be kind of a tradition for our chapter to hike north of our section in the fall to try to catch the peak colors along the Manistee River. Today was maybe a few days ahead of peak, but the weather was fantastic, and nothing about it was shabby.

The bad news is that my camera may be on its last legs. I managed to crop these to be OK, but the entire right side of every image is blown out and blurry. We'll see if that persists. If not... another big expense. Even if it corrects itself, it can't be a good omen.

The reds perhaps aren't fully developed yet, and it was a little overcast when we started, but the sun did come out.

The yellows were good.

Ah! Here are some reds!

In our posed picture there are 20 people, a dog, and a ferret. But I know there was at least one other person that didn't get in the photo. Group photo by Loren.

This is a pretty hilly section. Out and back we only did 5.5 miles, but Loren's electronics said we did a total of 800 feet elevation change. From lowest point to highest was 260 feet, but we went up and down several times.

Miles hiked in 2024: 486.7

North Country Trail, Wexford County, Highbanks Rollway to Baxter Bridge Road and back. 5.5 miles

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