We departed Leland Harbor in the early afternoon on Sunday, bound for Frankfort. It was a beautiful day for a cruise on Lake Michigan! It’s always nice to see familiar places from a new perspective: for me, it was the first opportunity to see the Point Betsie Lighthouse from the water.
It’s summertime up north! A delightful mix of hot afternoons, icy cold lake water, the Cherry Festival Air Show (which we admired from a boat), rip-roaring t-storms that knocked down trees and took out electricity, and the brilliant sunsets that somehow always follow the storms.
Sunset cruise in an amphibious car, Sunday evening after the Sunday Night Community Sing at the Leland Country Club. Huge smiles all around – on board the car-boat as well as on the dock.
This weekend, Dad, JP, and I ventured to the southern part of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore down by Platte Bay. We paid a visit to the Boekeloo Cabin – one that Dad along with volunteers from Preserve Historic Sleeping Bear, had worked on a few years back. We were pleased that it is in such great shape!
Top photo is the afterglow of the sun setting on a great weekend, Good Harbor bay. The other three photos are from Meggen’s drive to the UP over the weekend. Just a 4-hour drive north of our “up north,” to the shores of Lake Superior. I drove as far as the small town of Paradise, and on Saturday covered the… Read more »
It’s a “whitecaps that sparkle” kind of morning, about 54 degrees at the harbor dock with a sturdy onshore breeze…. the kind of day you pause and take a deep breath and rejoice in doing so. Commercial fishing pictures are from yesterday – a gray, drizzly day, with surprisingly strong currents in the Manitou Passage. It is amazing how quickly… Read more »
Sometimes the fog makes space for your imagination. Other times mother nature displays vivid technicolor. We’ll enjoy both.
It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood. Photos of the Joy taken Sunday as the captain and crew returned from setting nets.
We are in for a beautiful Monday. Glimpses from Sunday’s hike in the park with Capt. Joel Petersen, who spent Saturday setting nets out of Leland.
This Sunday was a great day for a hike in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. One of my favorite trails goes through the meadow at Pyramid Point, before heading up to the lookout. Snow Gauge Contest Update! Jim, Keith and Leif will be announcing the winners of the 2017-18 Snow Gauge contest from Leif’s gallery in Fishtown on… Read more »