Category Archives: Lake Michigan

Vol XVII – #143 – Meggen’s Monday – Eclipse Day

  The sunset mid-week last week caught the light through the Fresnel lens at the Cannery at Glen Haven. It’s this sort of alignment, with light shining through a transparent object at just the right angle, that brings to mind another alignment that many will seek to see on Monday: the solar eclipse. (Meggen is in the totality zone today,… Read more »

Vol XVII – #128 – Sunday is Fun Day

(Report by Jim today) I never jumped off the end of the short breakwall when I was a kid. I’m not sure why. We always swam at the base of the dam. the current would push us downstream and then we jumped off the Janice Sue. When we got shooed off that, we moved to the Joy, but it wasn’t as… Read more »

Vol XVII – #126 – Rain and a Morning Flood

(Report by Jim today) I got the distinct pleasure of driving up in the immense downpour that plagued Michigan last night and flooded Leland streets this morning. Doing that at night in a construction zone is never fun. I’ve only walked down the beach to Whaleback once in the past and decided to do it today, in the rain. Well, it wasn’t… Read more »