There were quite a few bears hanging around this fall, many of them yearlings. This is the most recent one that we saw and he was hanging out in our crab apple trees off and on for several days. Thanks to my 600mm lens I was able to get some nice up-close shots of him from a safe distance away.
The last blast of fall color shines brightly on a sunny October afternoon in Northeast Minnesota.
It sure was a fantastic year for fall colors but we are well past peak color now (this photo was taken about a week ago). I'm looking forward to some quieter days which will (hopefully) be coming soon.
Last week I took the backroads home after running in to Grand Marais for a few errands. The leaf colors in Grand Portage State Forest were at their prime. This view along Otter Lake Road is one of my favorites and it was sure looking good that day!
It sure was a fantastic year for the maples along the north shore of Lake Superior in northeast Minnesota. It was also an early year for the maples. On October 2nd almost all of the leaves shown in this photo (which was taken on September 17th) were on the ground already. Now it's time for the birch and aspen steal the show as they approach their peak color.
Most of the maple leaves are on the ground now but they sure were spectacular this year! This example of a Mountain Maple handily demonstrates how vibrant the colors were.
