The Winter Lake

I usually go to Lake Michigan at least once in the winter. It's beautiful in every season, and there is something about seeing all that ice that is awe inspiring.  However, I don't stay long!  It's so cold out there, walking on the icy pier with the winter wind blowing.

Here's some pics from my visit last week.

Walking along the pier, you see everything coated in ice.  When the wind blows, the waves wash over it and this is the result.

It was a cloudy day, but that's the usual look here in the winter.

Ice, as far as you can see.

This is called pancake ice and it covers the channel into Grand Haven.

It started snowing a little as I went further down the beach.

This little sea gull doesn't seem to be bothered by the wind or the cold.

Look at all the ice around the lighthouse!  

\

One last view before I left.  Next time I come back, all this ice should be gone. I must admit, I prefer it in the summer.