River Road before the leaves quit

Saturday I finally did the color run I talk about every fall and never get around to. Up 75 in the dark, off at Standish and up 23 along the lake to Oscoda, then River Road west along the Au Sable and on out the back side toward Mio. Up there it is just about peak, the maples gone red and orange along the river and the oaks still hanging on green. Down by the water the leaves are already coming off and some of the side roads were half covered, which on a heavy bike keeps you honest. Came home across 72 through Mio to Grayling and down 75 with the light going. Right around five hundred miles in one day on a rigid. My back has opinions. Worth every one of them.