FLOODED FOLIAGE, FALL COLOR

The Minnesota and Mississippi rivers are running high this time of year. Lot of lowland areas around Fort Snelling State Park are filled with flooded foliage. The two access points to Picnic and Pike island are also flooded.

The seasonal color has almost faded completely out. If you look hard enough though you can still spy some #notreadyforwinteryet.

COPPER FALLS STATE PARK, WI

Copper Falls State Park is a 3,068-acre state park in Wisconsin. The park contains a section of the Bad River and its tributary the Tylers Forks, which flow through a gorge and drop over several waterfalls. Old Copper Culture Indians and later European settlers mined copper in the area. The state park was created in 1929 and amenities were developed by the Civilian Conservation Corps and the Works Progress Administration. In 2005 the park was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a site with 10 contributing properties. ~wikipedia

We stopped by Copper Falls State Park on our way to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. A welcomed pit stop to get out and stretch our legs. The puppy-kid welcomed the pit stop as well – they had been sleeping since we left home for the most part.

The Fall color was peaking in North Wisconsin along Rustic Road 95 on our way North and East toward the UP.
–Explore WI Rustic Roads–

Copper Falls State Park was teaming with color. We didn’t take the time to hike out to the water falls here, but rather a quit walk about and a few iPhone photos. We had many more miles to travel to get to Porcupine Mountain Wilderness State Park.