{"id":37913,"date":"2025-10-17T23:07:27","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T04:07:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/?p=37913"},"modified":"2025-10-17T23:08:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T04:08:53","slug":"river-of-sky-october-17-2023-and-october-9-1998","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/?p=37913","title":{"rendered":"River of Sky, October 17, 2023 and October 9, 1998."},"content":{"rendered":"
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River of Sky. Manistique River Roadside Park south of Germfask Michigan. Fujichrome Velvia slide film. Friday, October 9, 1998.<\/p><\/div>\n

Two years ago today, October 17, 2023, I stopped at the Manistique River Roadside Park just south of Germfask Michigan in search of an old photo location.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The date of the original photo was October 9, 1998. I had stopped at this roadside park to have lunch. I was sitting at a picnic table and I happened to look straight up. I saw what you are seeing in the first photo. Oh wow! I grabbed my camera and took a picture looking straight up. This is my all time favorite Michigan fall color image. I named it “River of Sky”. The colors of the leaves that year were outrageous.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Picnic table. Manistique River Roadside Park. October 17, 2023.<\/p><\/div>\n

2 years ago today I went to the picnic table and looked straight up. It looked nothing like what I saw in 1998. Even before I sat down, the table looked like it was in a different position than in 1998. Back then the table was just sitting on grass, not on a concrete pad. Camera in hand I wandered around, looking for my River of Sky. Nothing was an exact match. The trees have grown and things have changed. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Fall maple leaves. Manistique River Roadside Park. October 17, 2023.<\/p><\/div>\n

I finally found a place that looks a bit like my River of Sky image. The sky is gray due to the overcast day, and there aren’t nearly as many red leaves as back in 1998. But I gave it my best shot. This would be a better photo with a blue sky.\u00a0 As I looked up two years ago, I thought back to my first photo and smiled.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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