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Sunday, February 26, 2023

Lighthouse in the Winter

Last week I was in Grand Haven for a haircut.  Grand Haven is about 25 minutes from my house and is known for Lake Michigan, miles of beaches and the Lighthouse. Since I was there, I made a stop at the pier.
We enjoy walking the pier in the summer, but I like to stop in the winter to see it in the ice and snow.
I was there on Tuesday, and we were expecting a big storm that evening.  Things were already starting in the early afternoon.  The wind was howling, the waves were high, sand was blowing across the road from the beach and it wasn't a place you wanted to stay for any period of time.


This is the walkway along the channel to the lake.  The waves were so high that they were washing over and flooding the walkway.




Ice everywhere!








The channel is usually calm because it's protected, but on this day there were some pretty big waves there.












Big waves on the lake.  People have been out here surfing, which sounds pretty miserable to me.  I don't know how warm those wetsuits are, but I would be freezing.





It's a whole different kind of beauty from what we see in the summer.
I was happy to get back in my car and warm up!

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19 comments:

  1. Deb J. in UtahFebruary 26, 2023 at 11:33 PM

    Hi Mari. Interesting pictures of an interesting place. Have a good week. Stay warm. More winter weather on the way for both of us according to the weather forecast. See you again soon. Have a good week.

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  2. roentareFebruary 27, 2023 at 2:16 AM

    You got a giant wave splash there caught in the moment. Great shot. The icicles are amazing off the rails

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  3. CatherineFebruary 27, 2023 at 3:07 AM

    It must have been very cold! Here it is cold because of the wind plus temperatures below 0. But the wind is freezing despite of the sun. I love the pictures of the waves and the lighthouse. I wish you a nice week

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  4. Hootin AnniFebruary 27, 2023 at 6:47 AM

    Bud has sand from this area (his mother grew up here).

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  5. R's RueFebruary 27, 2023 at 7:34 AM

    So beautiful.

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  6. 16 blessings'momFebruary 27, 2023 at 8:12 AM

    Those pictures are really awesome, the Great Lakes are amazing. I cannot imagine, in my wildest nightmares, going surfing in those waters this time of year (or any waters, any time of year, to be honest ha). We've gone to the shores of Lake Ontario in the winter, and the wind is bitter...the lighthouse we visited was just covered in ice too, it's so cool, but forbidding, almost scary...the cold, and the power in those waves.
    Della

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  7. SuemnFebruary 27, 2023 at 8:23 AM

    Brr! It sure looks cold and windy with those waves. That's a monstrous wave that you caught at just the right moment in front of the red building. It's a neat picture.

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  8. Changes in the windFebruary 27, 2023 at 9:11 AM

    That is a whole different experience for sure.

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  9. DebFebruary 27, 2023 at 9:45 AM

    Love that first lighthouse pic, with the birds and the waves. And then that red building pic with the massive waves, oof! I'm so not a water person and that pic makes me anxious. LOL! It tells me brain, 'Respect nature's power!'

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  10. Kim February 27, 2023 at 9:55 AM

    Maybe it's because I live on an island in the northeast, but lighthouses in winter fascinate me and you have some really amazing pics!!

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  11. JeanetteFebruary 27, 2023 at 12:03 PM

    I love when the waves are so big and crashing against the rocks! I can't imagine surfing them, though! Yikes! I am so jealous you live so close to Lake Michigan! I would be there all the time, especially when the waves are huge like that!

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  12. Billie JoFebruary 27, 2023 at 12:45 PM

    Those photos are amazing! Would you believe I love watching the waves like that?! From the comfort of the inside, of course! : )

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  13. SallyFebruary 27, 2023 at 1:29 PM

    No. No surfing for me even if I was young. :)

    Love the photo's though, Mari.

    xoxo

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  14. Judy February 27, 2023 at 1:39 PM

    Your photos are absolutely amazing! I miss living by Lake Michigan for this exact fact that winter brings a whole different look to the lake.

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  15. DebbyFebruary 27, 2023 at 1:55 PM

    I've never seen ice like that. Amazingly beautiful.

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  16. A Joyful CottageFebruary 27, 2023 at 2:25 PM

    Mari, you successfully captured the brutal winter climate on the shore. I'm happy to be seeing it from the warmth and comfort of my living room. ;) I will say that your first photo of the lighthouse is just beautiful. That amazing red, and the seagulls flying around it with the waves crashing. It has a moodiness about it that I love. Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful photographic eye. You take the best photos! Hugs.

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  17. DUTAFebruary 27, 2023 at 3:17 PM

    God's fury at its best: wind, ice, big waves, freezing cold.
    Grea, beautifult captures of it all!

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  18. Jenny the PirateFebruary 27, 2023 at 3:55 PM

    I love it when you show pictures of that pier and lighthouse in winter! It's gorgeous year round but the brutal cold and ice, and the wind and waves, is so dramatic. That lowering sky was all geared up for the storm! Surfing in THAT? Haaaahahahaha the pirate says NOPE. xoxo

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  19. HappyKFebruary 27, 2023 at 6:22 PM

    Love the lighthouse and all the cold weather pictures. Beautiful.
    Summer photos are nice at a beach but I prefer it in the winter!

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