Great post, Sherry. I grew up in Michigan and now live in Ohio, so I can get up there any time, for the most part. But I do miss having huge maple trees in our yard with bright yellow and red leaves...

My wife is from Texas and she just about went crazy with the colors when we went up there one fall... absolutely beautiful. And we were only down in the Ann Arbor Area. Can't imagine what she'd think if we were up in the U.P.