Minnesotan Fall Colors Walking Excursion / myLot

Mullti Colored - A beautiful view of Minnesotan fall colors.

United States

October 13, 2008 2:25pm CST

My wife and I went to a local park here, in Minnesota, for the purpose of seeing some fall cloros this past Sunday. It was a warm and sunny day with a strong breeze making the leaves float so often. This shot is at the edge of the parking lot of this park. I love this one the most as it has so many varied trees etc with a wide color sapn as well. Pink, red, yellow, orange etc. Do you walk to see fall colors as well? Any photos to share here maybe? This park is within walking distance to our house as well so it was a cheap trip to say the least. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~

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beautyqueen26

@beautyqueen26 (16030)

• United States

13 Oct 08

I miss living where the leaves fall! We have so little winter weather. Our trees just turn gray and the blooms disappear. The leaves don't fall. Makes me homesick! Would love to see some photos.

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walking excursion

webeishere

@webeishere (36313)

• United States

13 Oct 08

Gray?

YUCK!

I've got to have my colors or I'd be lost. Plus I need the leaves to rake for compost and mulch. Thanks also. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~

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beautyqueen26

@beautyqueen26 (16030)

• United States

13 Oct 08

I'm hoping to do a garden this upcoming spring and I still don't know how to mulch right. I guess I'll have to use grass clippings or something. Are you supposed to mulch for a vegetable garden?

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webeishere

@webeishere (36313)

• United States

14 Oct 08

Mulch is used for various reasons. I only add mulch to my garden to keep the moisture in the ground to make for less watering. But most gardens don't need a mulch. Mulch is also used to protect perrenials in cold weather months like here in Minnesota. For this puirpose I usually add about 3 to 6 inches around my lilies etc for the wintertime. I add grass clippings each week to my tomatoes only as a routine also. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~

hermitcrabheaven

@hermitcrabheaven (645)

• United States

13 Oct 08

I grew up in Superior, Wisconsin. I am 30 (ahem, 28 for the 3rd year in a row) now and have lived in many, many states. There is no place more beautiful than Minnesota and Wisconsin for fall colors. Thanks for sharing!

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webeishere

@webeishere (36313)

• United States

13 Oct 08

Thanks. I have a neice in Superior as well. I am planning on a trip to Northen Minnesota this coming up Sunday. About 40 miles west of Duluth is where the farm is. Hopefully I'll have some time for photo taking as well. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~

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OURDEW

@OURDEW (4809)

• United States

13 Oct 08

Your picture is really beautiful. I just love the fall colors. Our trees are changing too. We took a drive to Minnesota about 2 weeks ago. The trees were changing then. It was really a beautiful view driving there.

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webeishere

@webeishere (36313)

• United States

14 Oct 08

What part of Minnesota? What highway is this as well? HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~

OURDEW

@OURDEW (4809)

• United States

14 Oct 08

This is either Hwy 53 or Hwy 33, I'm not sure which one I took the picture from. We went to Virginia then to Cook back to Virginia then to Excelsior MN. It was a beautiful trip. I loved view from the bridge in Duluth.

tyc415

@tyc415 (5706)

• United States

13 Oct 08

I am so jealous of you Grandpa Bob and all you other people who do get to see the beauty of Mother Nature's paint brush this time of the year.

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webeishere

@webeishere (36313)

• United States

13 Oct 08

I am using this shot as my desktop wallpaper right now.

Soon I'll have a snoiw scene to use instead.

HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~

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jillhill

@jillhill (37353)

• United States

13 Oct 08

Sounds like a wonderful way to spend a Sunday! I love waterfalls!

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webeishere

@webeishere (36313)

• United States

13 Oct 08

Weren't you going to WI this weekend passed? HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~

jillhill

@jillhill (37353)

• United States

13 Oct 08

I am going to Wisconsin next weekend....for my annual fall trip to see the colors!

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tamarafireheart

@tamarafireheart (15384)

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14 Oct 08

Hi GRANDP BOB, Can I have that picture please??? What a beautiful photo you took, get it blown up and you can have lovly picture on your wall,the colours on the tree are just wonderful all different colours, nature is so wonerfful you forget untill you see them. Thank you so much. Tamara

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webeishere

@webeishere (36313)

• United States

14 Oct 08

eel free to use it. Just don't sell it as it is copyrighted.

I am using this shot as my wallpaper right now as well. I love the variety of colors in this shot. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~

tamarafireheart

@tamarafireheart (15384)

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14 Oct 08

Hi GRANDPA BOB, Thank you so much, but I don't know how to get a copy from the computer and also if I did I will never dream of selling it, I won't know how to go about it anyway, many thanks for tat it is so beautiful. Tamara

Sandy KS

@rusty2rusty (6771)

• Defiance, Ohio

13 Oct 08

I live in Florida. i do not see fall colors. I do regret not getting pictures when I lived in Ohio. I sure do miss watching the seasons change.

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terri0824

@terri0824 (5203)

• United States

14 Oct 08

close up of tree with red leaves taken Sunday whil - close up of tree with red leaves taken Sunday while I was out

While I was out this weekend I took my camera in hopes of capturing some fall colors. I was able to capture a few and I will attempt to add one of the pics here. Isn't it nice when we can find fun cheap things to do, especially right now when everything is so unstable.

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webeishere

@webeishere (36313)

• United States

14 Oct 08

Yes I love the walks for taking photos. Cheap entertainment as well as exercise for me at the same time. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~

carmelanirel

@carmelanirel (20942)

• United States

14 Oct 08

We do have a place walking distance to walk, but it is not a park with hiking trails, it is wild woods where we sometimes go mushroom hunting or if we want to just go off trail hiking..But we did go Sunday to the state park, but no pictures..

For one my daughter had the camera and for 2, we still can't upload pictures on this computer..But we did see many beautiful leaves and my son even picked up a very red leaf, but I didn't get it right away and so I couldn't preserve it for him like he wanted..

@trickiwoo (2702)

• United States

14 Oct 08

Minnesota looks like such a beautiful place! In the fall, I usually visit the mountains of North Carolina to photograph the fall colors. Here's a photo I took at Hanging Rock State Park: http://www.picable.com/Nature/Landscapes/Landscape.198573

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@webeishere (36313)

• United States

14 Oct 08

WOW! That was awesome. I loved the placement of the tree off to the right. Well taken shot. Thanks for sharing it. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~

Marie Anne

@Ldyjarhead (10233)

• United States

14 Oct 08

Beautiful. Growing up in New England, I always thought we were the only ones that had beautiful fall colors. I found out different when I lived in MN for a couple of years, and now in Ohio I see it here too. We went out to a local state park yesterday and walked a bit in the woods. There were a lot of maple leaves already fallen along the trail, but we haven't hit our peak yet so I didn't get any pictures.

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webeishere

@webeishere (36313)

• United States

14 Oct 08

Oh yes Ohio and Michigan have it just as beautiful this time of year. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~