Every year the start of fall in Wisconsin sneaks up on me — one week it’s still summer, and the next the farmers market tables are stacked with the last of the berries and the roadsides have traded green for gold. Early October 2019 was no different, so I grabbed the camera and went looking…
Karen and I took a fall trip up north in 2018 and stopped at the aptly nicknamed “Root Beer Falls.” If the photo makes the water look like a giant mug of foaming root beer, well, that’s pretty much how it looks in person. The color comes from tannins — the same natural compounds that…
Another waterfall from our October 2018 trip — this one is Copper Falls, and we caught it on a cold, gray fall afternoon that called for hats and heavy coats. You can just see the falls dropping through the gorge behind us, framed by evergreens and the last of the fall color. Worth the chilly…
Every season has to end sometime, and this was the final Menasha Farmers Market of 2018, on a crisp, colorful day at the end of October. Back then the market was held downtown by the Menasha marina, right across from Parker John’s BBQ. Karen and my friend Valerie got into the Halloween spirit with their…
If you’ve ever been to the Porcupine Mountains in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, you know this view. This is the famous Lake of the Clouds overlook, photographed from up on the escarpment on September 30th, 2018. From the rocky outcrop at the top, the land just falls away beneath you — the long, narrow lake tucked…
Photos by Jamie & Karen Keyzer. Park on the map: https://goo.gl/maps/ZuaGHnWsA6S2 Karen and I made a trip up to the Presque Isle Campground in the Porcupine Mountains in October 2017, and the fall color was right at its peak. The Presque Isle River runs through some serious gorge country in the Porcupine Mountains, and the…
Support your local farmers. This was a Saturday morning in late September at the Future Neenah Farmers Market, down in Shattuck Park in the middle of downtown Neenah. Peak fall market time, and the vendors had it all out. There were big heads of cauliflower, cabbage and greens, watermelons, crates of apples and late-season tomatoes,…
Headed out to pick blueberries in early August, on the 5th, and it was one of the best trips yet. Karen had her yellow sun hat on and was working the rows like a pro — the bushes were loaded with ripe fruit, and it was hard to stop once you got going. Some of…
Wilderness Park is one of those tucked-away local spots that does not get a lot of attention. It sits just a block from the lake here in Neenah, and in early summer the woods really come alive. There is one main trail that runs straight through the park, an easy five to ten minute stroll,…
We were out at Horicon Marsh when the rain cleared and this huge double rainbow went all the way across the sky over the wetlands. It was far too wide for one frame, so I stitched a few shots together into a panorama to get the whole arc. Horicon Marsh is a great spot, and…
We took a trip down to the Lake Geneva area in early June and walked the famous lakeshore path. If you’ve never done it, the path winds right along the water past the historic estates and gardens — a nice way to spend an afternoon and evening. Karen led the way with her backpack as…
Another trip out to High Cliff State Park, this time on May 22nd, and the spring wildflowers were putting on a show. High Cliff sits on the northeast shore of Lake Winnebago, and the wooded trails along the bluff are one of our favorite places to wander this time of year. The trilliums were blooming…