More pictures

I've got more pictures to show you today. This first picture is of a lighthouse we went to on Monday afternoon.

This is the Point Betsie Lighthouse. According to the pamphlets, it is the 2nd most photographed lighthouse in the US. It was raining when we stopped and because it is off season, it was closed, but we did enjoy walking around and reading the plaques about its history.

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Tuesday morning we woke up to a beautiful day. We drove to The Sleeping Bear Dunes National Park.

There is a scenic drive you can take through the park that has places you can get out and take in beautiful views like this one.
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One of the places we stopped at had this sign. If you can't read it, it says - "450 foot drop to Lake Michigan. Return is extremely exhausting". We could see that people had actually done it though. A 450 foot climb up a steep sand dune does not sound good to me!
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They had some trails through the dunes with these wooden walkways. Looks like a postcard!
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Here is Bob at one of the lookout points. The dunes are quite high and you can see a long way from the top.
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Here is the view from the top of one of the dunes.
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A view from another dune
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After we went through the scenic drive we went to a restored logging town, Glen Haven. Again - because it is off season, the buildings were not open, but it was fun to walk around. This is the beach at an old Coast Guard Life saving station that we went to.
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When we scheduled this little trip, the plan was to go and see all the beautiful colors. Well - the weather has been too warm and the color change is running about 2 weeks behind. We saw little glimpses of color, against mostly green, but it was still pretty.
If you are ever visiting Michigan, I hope you make time to stop at some of these beautiful places!