Are you interested in a detour along the St. Clair River, I asked my husband as we drove south from the Upper Peninsula last week.

We had spent an extended weekend in the Upper Peninsula, birding and catching the beautiful fall colors along Lake Superior as well as some of our favorite back roads.

The St. Clair River is a good two hours out of our way to where we live in the western suburbs of Detroit, which meant we’d get home after dark, rather than late afternoon.

Why? he asked.

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