09-OCT-2008
Walking the back trails is a sensory delight. Not only do the colors assault the visual senses, the smells change too. Cool, musky aromas waft around through the woods. One of the classic fall smells that has disappeared from the urban scene is the smoke from burning leaves. Air quality concerns have banned leaf burning in many communities. I burn a few leaves here and always stand down wind to take it all in. Lovely. Damn the health concerns...
15-SEP-2008
By Labor Day, most of the docks and boats have been removed from the lake. It's then that the true grandeur of the lake can be appreciated, especially when the October sun brings out the bright colors of the water and the brisk winds whip up the surface.
14-SEP-2008
Anyone blessed with an view of the western skies will see great sunsets. Throw in a lake and even great sunsets get better. The presence of more clouds in October brings along more colorful sunsets than those seen during the summer months. And regardless of how many sunset photos have already been taken, when the call goes out that there's a pretty sunset, the camera is taken to the beach one more time to add even more photos to the archives.
20-SEP-2008
During the summer, the beach has swimmers, boaters and sun worshippers working on their tans. It's an enjoyable place for everyone. We love it. But we also have a deep appreciation for the times that offer the lake's natural beauty with the solitude to fully experience it.
21-SEP-2008
Higgins Lake has its loons and bald eagles and cormorants. Then there are the mergansers, the Daffy Ducks of water fowl. They are blamed for the swimmers' itch that plaques lakes in the summer. Despite that reputation, they are a fun bird to watch.