Maybury State Park in winter

 Here is why I like white winters.

Maybury State Park--Seasons change

November 11

December 8

Autumn in review

It has been a while since I documented various parts of our family life, so here are a series of photos which give a glimpse of our Fall.  This covers late September through Thanksgiving.  Comments are inserted to supply pertinent information.

The October break from school allowed us to visit Colonial Michilimackinac in Mackinaw City, MI (above) and Fayette State Park in the Upper Peninsula (2 photos below).

Our October break also has visit Faith.  We hiked in a Waukesha County Park (above).

Below, Nathanael, Andrew, and I enjoyed a number of rounds of golf, mostly at Kensington Metro Park.

The two photos above are from Maybury State Park, just five miles from our house.

Below is the new bench put in by the City of Novi, along our church's walking path.

The two photos above are from a late October evening in Northville.

Below is a Schmidt family photo taken at the wedding of Hunter and Emily.  Unfortunately, pastoral obligations and distance prevented David from being in it.

Above, Philip had been exposed to COVID and had to leave Martin Luther College.  Faith agreed to host him during his quarantine.  To our knowledge, neither Philip nor Faith (nor Radon) got COVID.  Thanks for the help, Faith!

Below, Andrew, Caleb, and Philip get in some football in the church yard.

Thanksgiving 2020.  Faith had been exposed to COVID and was unable to be with us.  (Sniff.)  Grandma and Grandpa Schmidt were also with us for the weekend.

Sermon prep in winter

 Here is part of my sermon prep this morning--Maybury State Park in the snow. 

Local Tourist .. Autumn Dusk in Maybury

There is never enough time to enjoy the brilliance of autumn in Maybury State Park.  It especially does not help when the schedules of the Local Tourist and Mrs. Tourist limit the hiking to the dusk hours.  Therefore, the photos are a bit dark and the magnificent colors of the trees will not be as good as live.  (And when are photos ever as good as live?)

The days of enjoying autumn at Maybury are running out, as the leaves are dropping fast.  The leaves on the paths make shuffling the feet a bit more fun as we kick up the leaves, but the reality of the coming of winter is punctuated by every bare tree.

Some photos from October 14, 2016.

Some photos from October 25, 2016.

Local Tourist -- Scenes from Maybury State Park

The Local Tourist likes going for walks in Maybury State Park.  There are both paved and unpaved trails to walk on.  The trees tend to muffle the noise of traffic, making for some quiet walks and time to ponder on the readings which produce Sundays' sermons.

Below is an assortment of photos taken from October and November.  Fall in Maybury is magnificent!

October 12, 2015
The photo below is from pretty much the same spot, only 2 weeks later.

October 27, 2015

                    

      

   

Local Tourist -- Autumn at Maybury State Park

This segment of the Local Tourist takes us to Maybury State Park.  If the leaves survive the rain and winds we are supposed to get in the next few days, the undergrowth and the maple trees should all be a vibrant yellow this weekend.  It will be spectacular if the leaves are still on the trees.

I also got to see two deer, a buck and a doe, run about 30 feet in front of me across the path, but I was not able to take a photo of them in time.  I guess that was just for me.

Here are some photos from Maybury.