I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. -- Henry David Thoreau This shot was taken in the White Pines State Forest near Oregon, Illinois March 25th, 2012.
Enter this wild wood and view the haunts of nature" is the inscription above the entrance to the Seven Bridges Trail in Grant Park, South Milwaukee. As one leaves, the inscription reads "May the God given peace of this leafy solitude rest upon and abide with thee."
The forests and wooded areas in the Kettle Moraine State Forest in southeast Wisconsin are so beautiful in the autumn season. The fall colors just explode! This is an 8 frame panorama taken near Parnell Tower in the northern unit of the Kettle Moraine.