Summer heat in the north woods
ESCANABA- When the woods are steamy and hot and the July sunshine bakes the U.P., every wild thing lies low. Leaves hang limp on the canopy of hardwood branches. The velvety bucks take shelter in the shady cedar swamps. The black bears wallow in the mud holes and in the refreshing bubbling brook waters. Sleeping away the day becomes routine. Nocturnal is the way to go for so many. At dusk, when the hot Earth breaths a sign of relief, out comes the deer into the fields. The rabbits hit the lush green gardens and the Hares frolic and dust themselves alongside gravel and rut ...
