autumn leaves

Autumn colors and leaves, Marquette to Big Bay, Sun. Oct. 7, 2018: evergreen, juniper, fresh apricot, peach, cherry red, burnt orange, rust, olive green, maize, leather, mahogany, white birch bark -- long stretch of jack pines in rows, with rock and reindeer moss in the deep shadows of the underbrush, rust-black telephone poles dangling eternal telephone wires -- red-frayed corn yellow, with cinnamon specks, rock & rye red, more olive green birch leaves, frayed yellow-green around the edges, flamingo pink, salmon, green apple, a shiny red pickup parked alongside the tall grass near Saux Head Lake, tiny log cabin shacks indicating civilization near Wilson Creek and Yellow Dog River, just outside of Big Bay. Low, horizontal mountain clouds ala the Pacific Northwest suggest totem poles might be just around the bend in the lake. Big red barns of Big Bay Storage across the two-lane highway from a log cabin chalet, outside of which stands a life-sized, wood-carved black bear and bigfoot figure. A tunnel of yellow and cherry red leaves towards Thomas Rock Overlook, 43 degrees chilly.