Category Archives: Lake Michigan

Vol XVII – #094 – Meggen’s Monday

Meggen Watt Petersen    July 3, 2017    2 Comments on Vol XVII – #094 – Meggen’s Monday

This is an amazing place for sunsets. Wherever you are around here, you can watch the sun melt over the horizon, or the Manitous, or the breakwater, or nearby trees. Breathe a deep sigh, do a hand stand, grab a fishing pole. Above all this weekend: Happy Independence!       

Vol XVII – #093 – Happy Place

Keith Burnham    July 2, 2017    2 Comments on Vol XVII – #093 – Happy Place

(Report by Jim today)  How fortunate are we to be here, today? Crowds have arrived for 4th of July, so Van’s Beach is hopping. But it’s nice to know (be related to) people who still have relatively untouched (and secret) sections of beach that you can get lost on on a day like today.     

Vol XVII – #088 – Meggen’s Monday

Meggen Watt Petersen    June 26, 2017    1 Comment on Vol XVII – #088 – Meggen’s Monday

  Years ago, on days like today, we would huddle inside and practice tying knots like the bowline and clove hitch, rather than try to sail while being pelted by raindrops. It’s still an extraordinary place on rainy mornings: when staring out across Lake Michigan, the Manitou islands and even nearby points seem to disappear into the clouds, only to… Read more »