Pat Siler made her way to the top of Mount Houghton, which is about 2 1/2 miles north of the Bete Grise irons that you can see jutting out into Lake Superior in this photo. Talk about a 'bird's eye view' of the Keweenaw hues! Take note of the lack of color in the middle, where the Mendota channel makes its way into Lac La Belle. Must be that those trees are mostly pines and cedars. If you look real close, you can just make out the Mendota Lighthouse, too. What a spectacular vista is there to be had if you're willing to make the bumpy journey!

The second shot is from the U.P. in 1986... Lori Houle-Vial says this is a shot of her Dad, who wrote the date on the windshield that morning at their China Road Camp in Nisula... Brrr!!

It's been a gorgeous week on Pasty.com. Thanks for all the great pics.

Note from Charlie:
One of my favorite weeks of all time on the Pasty Cam was this week back in 1998 when we featured a "Pastyvision" panoramic view each day. Autumn is the favorite season of many to explore the U.P. :o)

Good morning from Florida!

Nice photo. Glad to see you slept in a little more than 2:54am, Mary.

Pity the person who returns from a Copper Country fall color tour only to find he had black and white film in his camera!

Good morning from Mishawaka IN. What a great view. We have a little color here. Also getting some rain today. Have a great day everyone!

Pat's "almost-aeriel-view" above reminds me of an amazing panorama from Scott Laurie which appears back in the archives, in the Phoenix area of the cliffs:

Click here to see the full size (500k)

Alex is laughing at Tim... HOW TRUE!

Wonderful. What a great site!

Love the Copper Country any time of the year, but the Fall is probably my favorite, no bugs! Really, I like it any time I can get to visit.

Great Pic, I can see Little Betsy, wish I was there now, will have to wait until Nov. 15, oh well.

Outstanding shot! Have a great weekend!

YIKES! I missed the last couple of days and all I can say is wow! Wow! WOW! And that isn't even counting all the great shots and panarama's included in today's text. WOWEEEE!

THANK YOU for the Autumn tour of the UP!

Hold on to your hats boys and girls!

tomorrow ought to be interesting in the Keweenaw.

I think they'll be raking our leaves in Marquette!

Tie down those ore boats. They may be looking
for the above harbor of refuge.

LOW PRESSURE FROM INDIANA INTO SOUTHERN MICHIGAN IS FORECAST TO INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES SLOWLY NORTHWARD INTO JAMES BAY BY SATURDAY EVENING. AS THE LOW PRESSURE MOVES THROUGH THE UPPER GREAT LAKES ON SATURDAY... THE WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH ALONG THE SHORELINE... WITH FREQUENT GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH EXPECTED LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY EVENING.

I've done a lot of fishing and such out of Lac La Belle and that area, and it is mostly pines and ceadar swamp around it. You can see if better on SKYPIXS shot but you can see the Ceadar Swamp / Bog to the south of the lake. It certinally is a pretty area. Doesn't look like we will be able to get up for the fall.

Hoping to be able to get up for the Dog Sled Race.

Been watching, just havn't posted much latley! Have a great day all!

Bob, Your right now. Gale Force winds are excepted and the wave forcast for Open Water on Lake Superior for Saturday Night is calling for 12 - 17 foot waves. That'll make it fun...

I'm heading north this weekend. Can't wait to see in person.

Isn't it wonderful to live in God's Country??

Thanks to all who are sharing their photos. How beautiful! Lots
of new desktop pix for my screensaver slideshow!

Uncle CP,

I agree. It would be great to be at the camp right now! I can hear the waves!

Thanks for sharing your pictures of Gods country with those of us stuck in the city.

Gorgeous pictures today! To those of you fortunate enough to live there, Superior is an every day sight, but for me, I get a lump in my throat and tears in my eyes every time I catch a glipse of the "Big Lake".

Oops...that would be "glimpse", not "glipse"!

Thanks to you all for sharing some great Pics. I can't make it up to the Keewenaw this fall and it's killing me. These pictures help ease the pain.

The photos are lovely. Fall is lovely. A beautiful time for a wedding;-) I remember a fall, the fall that the cliffdweller was in a play. The colors that year were incredible. Midwest Living had a 2 page spread the next fall, I recognized the photos from the fall before....does this make sense??
OK, I need some help from all you cleaver people. I just spent more than 1/2 hour on Google trying to find a poem or short story about turning 40. Tons of pages on gag gifts and where to buy etc., but no poems! The party has a hillbilly theme and I am not finding anything. I will check again late afternoon to give all youse guys time to dig out your old funny stuff.
Thanks in advance.

OH MY! There's no place like home, there's no place like home, there's no place like home...

All Yoopers should take a photo like the snowy car one every year!

Wish I could be there for the big waves, although we had some good ones last weekend. Finally got my pictures uploaded to my gallery! Have a great day!

Marsha, what's the name of your gallery?

Click for Marsha's gallery link.

My girlfriend Kristi Seppala's new property in Covington.(m-28 and Cemetery Road)
Let's Welcome the new Yooper Landowner.:-)

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Thank you, thank you pasty cam for the gorgeous photos of the fall colors this week. It's the next best thing to being there. I appreciate you so much!

All I can say is "WOW" What a bunch of great photos! Does anyone know of the website that monitors the wave height at the Coast Guard buoys? I saw it a while back but can't remember the address. The only waves we have here are from the passing presidential motorcade...

I think this is what you're looking for! Western Great Lakes Marine Data

Thanks to SkyPics for the great shot of the old USAF radar base. Can I assume that this is a present day picture?
I had the privelege of serving as base commander there from '81-'83 and loved my time in the Keweenaw. The radar base was a special place. I wonder how many other veterans of the 665th RADS visit Pasty.com on a regular basis?
By the way, I've got a photo somewhere that shows 2 inches of snow on my car on October 1st, 1981.

I just had to post one more picture from Rick Anderson at Skypixs. Rick sent me this one last night and it's almost identical to the one Pat Siler sent in up above. Just shows you how high Mount Houghton really is, if the shot from the air is so similar! Thanks Rick and Pat! :->

For Dave in Colorado:

I did a search too and there sure is a lot of technical data that I
have no idea how to read, but this URL
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/grr/marine/windwave.php
seems to have some understandable information.

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/
product.php?site=mqt&product=GLFLS&format=ci

Also for Stannard Rock:
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=stdm4

Good luck and I hope you can read these better than I can!

Excerpt from AccuWeather:

THE LAKE SUPERIOR SHORELINE EXPOSED TO THESE NORTHWEST WINDS WILL
SEE INCREASING WAVE HEIGHTS ON SATURDAY. WAVES MAY INCREASE TO 15
FEET BY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON ALONG THE SHORE FROM ONTONAGON TO
COPPER HARBOR...WITH HIGHER WAVES POSSIBLE AROUND MANITOU ISLAND.

DUE TO THE LONGER FETCH ACROSS EASTERN LAKE SUPERIOR...THE SHORE FROM
AU TRAIN EAST TO CRISP POINT COULD SEE WAVES AS HIGH AS 23 FEET BY
EARLY SATURDAY EVENING.

AndyTofu, Sedar Bay.......Look out !!!!

I just spent two nights tent camping on the above
mentioned beaches and could hardly get a rise out of them.
Hope someone snaps some pictures of these waves if they
really get that high.

Thanks for the pictures of the old Radar Base (Calumet Air Force Station) at Gratiot Lake. I worked there between '66 and '70, in the Engineering Office and the Commissary Store. The drive from Laurium in the fall season was always spectacular. In the winter it was all white.

Really appreciate the great sky-high views! The one of the air-base brings back some memories. It does not show (or am I just missing it) the awesome softball field they kept. They used to hold weekend tournaments there that were typically high-scoring affairs as the outfield fence was quite "reachable" - even by me! Visiting teams from all over the copper country -Cozy Corner, Dick's Favorite Sports, The Loading Zone, Luigi's, Houseman's Drillers,.... good times! Anyone else remember playing there?

Maybe someone UP there will get a picture of the lake during this coming wind storm. I love seeing shots of the Big Lake with the Big Waves.
Thanks in advance to whoever can post a pic. Of course, please don't anyone endanger themselves! No pic is worth that.

Lots o' good lake weather & Storm warning resources at this NWS Marquette Storm Warning site

Rachel and Uncle Chuck-
If we leave now we could still enjoy the weekend in Betsy!

Barb, Dave & anyone else: There's a link to Great lakes forecasts in the rather grandiously named "The #1 Weather Page". Go to the Boating Weather link. There are zone forecasts for open water and nearshore. It looks like Lake Superior will be the most lively.


http://www.wxpage1.com/

The photo above was also my Dads birthday. Today he turns 86! Happy Birthday Robert Elmer Houle, Sr.!!! hugs...
Wish I were there getting the camp ready for deer season with you.
Thanks for posting the memory Pastypeople! :)

Happy Friday!! Yeehaw!

Weather here is so awesome. In the cool 80's and sunny with a slight breeze. Basically we have Michigan summers this time of year. :) Taking the kids to the park in Brenaham tomorrow to RELAX outside of the city. Everyone have a happy weekend!

Greetings from Houghton, Little Sister!!!! That is a great picture of Dad and Chels. All of todays pictures are awesome.....the colors all around me in Houghton brighten up a very dreary, wet day!!! It won't be long when all the color we have is white so I really appreciate nature's paintbrush at work!!!

Candy in CA,
It looks like there are a lot of ruby slippers in that fall
foliage... for those of us who miss the UP this time of year..
there's no place like home!

Beautiful pictures of the beautiful Upper Peninsula. I have been graced to see it in all its autumn splendour several times. But I have also travelled far, my wandering ways taking me to many odd corners of the world. But, thank the Good Lord, He has allowed me to see the individual beauty of every place. There is no one "God's Country." God created it all. He has touched every place with His glorious hand.

Hey!! Thank you for posting the link to the marine data buoys. That is exactly what I was trying to find. :)

Trish, how beautifully said! Like yesterday, here in Northern California, the red is in the sky as the sun takes on the flame color as three wild fires (one relatively close) continue to burn.

I'm checking out all the sites you've mentioned about the bad weather predicted on the lakes this weekend. I posted late last night that I'm praying that all the freighters are off of the lakes this time or listen to the storm warnings & take refuge early. My Dad lost his life on November 10, 1975 on the Fitzgerald. I hope I never hear of any more men losing their lives like that in my lifetime. Also Jeffm from tampa bay my husband knew you when you were the commander in Keweenaw. Also remembers Dave Harj. His name is Rick & worked in civil engineering.

Good afternoon from Vegas!
I finally escaped all of today's meetings. TGIF!
Michigan Tech hockey is tonight. They are playing Minnesota Duluth this weekend. I'll be listening to the game over the internet. Go Huskies!
Have a great weekend everyone!

A lot of great pictures of the Fall colors. Thanks
to all of you for sharing them with us home-sick
trolls.

Thanks for sharing the pictures with us. We were in Escanaba over 3 weeks ago and it was just starting to turn colors. We live in Lansing, Mi. Wish we could come up more and just see the UP>

great photos could some one post some of dans fall colors and i know you can go back

what is the old radar station being used for today? is it open to the public?

johndee.com says 8-12 inches of snow tonight to through saturday and winds 55 mph gusts and temps in the 30s

Hello from Mishawaka IN. Fantastic Pictures. What beautiful color. Thanks everyone for sharing and thank you for this website. Oh, bye the way the bridge is down.

Why is the bridge down??

Unbelievable pictures today!! Amazing color!

Why is it that only one place on Earth looks like this? :)

Beautiful pix...
My daughter is backpacking at Pictured Rocks this weekend. I have been watching the high wind warnings. Anyone around there now?
Maybe she will have pix for us on Monday.

The fall colors photos are the high water mark of pasty.com in my eyes. The snow shots are great too, but the brilliant colors and the unique landscape makes these my favorite photos of all. Speaking of high water, as of 6:25pm, the National Weather Service forecast for the eastern half of Lake Superior is calling for now 20-25 foot waves tomorrow. I am somewhat of a weather geek and I have never noticed a forecast calling for waves that high. The Fitz went down in waves between 20 and 30 feet high, so this is serious. It would be nice to see about 20 ore carriers snug as a bug riding out the storm in the Portage Canal tomorrow night.

i would like to wish my dad(rick of rick's t.v. in da bay) a happy b-day. in his memory since 12- 1999.your son rick dbhs"77"

Candy, your photo is really neat! I love to look at landscapes that are so different from ours. Also, the colors from the Gratiot Lake photo are incredible, all that orange!!

Yup. It looks like we're in for quite the storm. Batten down the hatches, people! My 16 year old is chopping kindling as I type and will be fireing (sp?) up the wood stove to help keep the house toasty. I feel sorry for all those football players/band members that must endure nasty weather this weekend.

Sandstoneprincess, the coffee you gave me is wonderful! What, with my Trader Joe's Bay Blend (from Capt'ns daughter #3)and my Door County Cherry Creme from you I'll be all set for inclement weather!

Hi Ameek Cliff Dweller ........

Lighten up on the Cherry Creme, understand that there's a shortage. Good to see you, and to meet Sandprincess, last weekend.

Alex wrote
Why is it that only one place on Earth looks like this? :)

It's a little long but sounds like a song title! {hint hint}...

Hello all in the U.P. I just got back from the U.P. this evening was up there for a few days From Oct 12th to the 15th and it was a nice trip I had, got to see some of the fall colors, in the Keweenaw. Got nice panoramic pics with my digital camera from atop Quincy Hill looking towards Houghton. I just had to get away from the Detroit area an come up here for some relaxing time off :-)

Dave - Colorado: thanks for the link. Checked it out to get a better look at what's coming our way. Doesn't look good. The winds we've been having have been fierce - not looking forward to this round.

ingb wrote:

It's a little long but sounds like a song title! {hint hint}...


Innagoddadevida (sp?)

Dang, I wanted to be the early bird.....

Great pic of Bete gris.......My dad and I hauled many-a kalla through dem der irons

Hi! I'm originally from Mackinac Island, Mi but now a Floridian. I truely miss the Fall colors of home (Northern Michigan). What a beautiful place!!! This web site (Pasty.net) is GREAT! Thanks for all the wonderful photo's everyone, I really enjoy looking at them and reminiscing.