Up North, coming home

Here's what we did on our last day "up north".  In Michigan, Up North is a relative term.  There's the lower peninsula and the upper peninsula.  We live about 1/3 of the way up from the southern border of the state, so when we say up north, it could mean the upper half of the state, or it could mean way up north in the upper peninsula. On this trip, we didn't cross the bridge to the U.P., although we do love it up there.

One last view of the lake and the sailboats before we left.

We left Traverse City a little before 9 am, but wanted to make a few stops on the way home.  Michigan has more lighthouses than any other state and we love to visit them.  We stopped at 2 of them as we traveled home. 
The first was the Little Au Sable Lighthouse in Pentwater.

This is the path to the Lighthouse, with a view of Lake Michigan.

Here's the lighthouse!  It was built in 1874.  It used to have a keepers house attached to it, but it fell into disrepair and was no longer needed so was taken down.

This lighthouse is 107 feet tall.

It was beautiful with sun, blue skies and a sandy beach.

I always enjoy seeing the waves come in.

A view of the lighthouse from the beach.

Our next stop was the White River Light House in Whitehall.

The White River Light House sits on a bluff on a channel from Lake Michigan.  It was built in 1875.  This is the view from the channel.

Here's the lighthouse when you climb the stairs from the channel.  The wood you see in front is a piece of a ship wreck.

We got home around 3.  We had such a good time, but it's always good to be home again!