Every year I wonder about the magnificent display of color here in Michigan.  Usually, the show happens during the first two weeks of October.  Everyone talks about taking a color tour, plans for it, and tries to fit it into their busy schedules.

This year I set aside the time in my schedule for my wife and I to take a drive North.  Our plan was to enjoy the multi-color transformation by the Creator.  As the forest gets ready to sleep through the winter, it puts on a display of dazzling colors and then sheds its leaves.

The chloriphil and sap stop flowing so that the leaves drop and the tree turns dormant.  But, it is more than merely the passing of a scientific transition occuring.  Rather God adds a splash of color, an aesthetic clash of stunning radiance for the world to enjoy.

Catching the timing of that display of glowing yellows, blazing oranges and dashing reds is the challenge.  If the change takes place during the work week most of us are sunk.  Or even when a wind storm visits our state, the decked out trees can be stripped naked before anyone can snap a picture.

Nevertheless, I was hoping to capture something astounding in my memory disk.  I had set aside the entire day for a journey north.  The monitor of color informed me over the computer that the trees were peaking just a few hours north.

Someone got it wrong.  I drove a hundred miles north.  Then, I got sleepy!  I had to turn around and head back home.  There were so many trees that were still green that we got excited when we saw just a small clump of Autumn trees standing out in their transition foilage.

It’s humorous to drive for miles and get excited about three trees that are turning color.  Most of the foilage is still green.  The oak trees are all brown.  There was no stunning rainbow of colors decking the flora of the North.

After assessing the journey and turning the corner to our home, I laughed.  There were as many trees and bushes in my own yard that were showing off their brillant colors as there were on our half day journey North.  We should have stayed home, saved the gas, and just walked around our neighborhood.

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