NORTHERN MICHIGAN - We all know how gorgeous both of Michigan’s peninsulas become in autumn. For the next couple months, our weekends could be a whirlwind of apple orchard trips, scoping out the U-pick pumpkin patches, and finding our favorite local trails where leaves have already blanketed the ground.

Or you could step outside the familiar trappings of fall and head for the fringes – the beauty spots that live on the edges of our scenic state. Why? Because in Michigan, our Great Lakes coastal weather pattern means fall color season hangs on longer on our islands and shorelines. While our peak fall color transition tends to start Up North and move south, it also gradually radiates from inland areas out to our shorelines. And we have a lot of shoreline – more than 3,200 miles with pretty

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