Fall Colors At Boyne Highlands

Finally decided to make use of the Boyne Highland credit, from last year's planned ski trip that did not materialize, for a weekend visit to northern lower peninsula. This year the fall colors were really late because of the warmer than usual temperature. Typically mid October would already have been the end of the fall colors but this year, it was just starting. The peak colors were forecast for two weeks later.

We stayed in a 1 bedroom suite at Heather Highlands Inn. It was a very comfortable setup with a pull down bed in the living room. What I liked most was the swimming pool which had both an indoor and outdoor area connected by a tunnel.

The girls really enjoyed the breakfast at the hotel restaurant as it is not often that we have hotel breakfast, preferring to bring our own breakfast food. Both the variety and quality of food and service was commendable.

On the first day we visited Thorne Swift Nature Preserve, took a scenic drive to the Tunnel of Trees, had lunch at Wilderness State Park, spent some time at the beach fronting Lake Superior. In the late afternoon, took a ski lift up Boyne Highlands to see the rolling hills in the area.