Mellow slow relaxing day. 🙂 Hatches battened down for the storm arriving tonight.
Category: Travel
Posts about my Chapter 5 travel adventures
Moreau Lake – to the left of this photo, out of the frame, someone is driving some type of equipment to rake the sand.
Thundering Brook Falls, Killington.
Covered Bridge of Woodstock, Vermont.
Quechee Gorge.
Quechee Gorge
The bridge and road over the Quechee Gorge.
Franconia Notch State Park. The leaves are beginning to change!
Only one section of the bridge! It went UP, ACROSS, and then DOWN!
View from Hastings Island, Bethel, ME.
I love how the light plays on this multi-trunked tree.
Travel day through upstate New York and the Adirondacks to Moreau Lake State Park. Although it added time and distance, I adored the scenery of the back roads rather than the monotony of the interstate.
Lunch stop at Verona Beach State Park. Very windy!
Verona Beach State Park.
Verona Beach State Park.
On the road. I didn’t catch it in this picture, but some of the leaves are already changing. The switch from summer to fall is happening quickly!
Moreau Lake State Park.
Moreau Lake State Park.
So friggin’ amazing!!! Five photos/videos from the Canadian side, five from the US side!!!
Canadian Falls
Canadian Falls Video (click on the photo to open the 33 second video in another window)
Canadian Falls
Canadian Falls
Canadian Falls
US Falls
US Falls Video #1 (click on the photo to open the 3 second video in another window)
US Falls
US Falls Video #2 (click on the photo to open the 5 second video in another window)
US Falls
Staying out of the way as Fred launches the SS Concha.
Enjoying the dock chairs.
All of us, including sweet little Zeke!
Addie and me, on the road again.
Border crossing before the drama.
Alpaca.
Addie relaxing on the farm.
Grazing cows at sunset.
Yum yum!
Part 2 of the day’s adventures, including the “Pano Series!”
Paddle boating for a leg day
Mari Vineyard
Bonobo Winery
The BEST cocktail EVER!
Sparkling end of the day!
End of summer bonfire
Pano Series 1: Bonobo
Pano Series 2: Old Mission Peninsula Tip
Pano Series 3: Lavender Farm
Pano Series 4: Old Mission Lighthouse
Busy busy day and I have only some of the pics from our adventures, so I’m posting Part 1 now and Part 2 later! First, paddle boating, shopping in Traverse City, wine tasting at Mari and Bonobo, Old Mission Peninsula lighthouse, cocktails at Ethnology (best cocktail EVER!), dinner at a restaurant on the lake, and a bonfire at Concha and Fred’s friends across the lake – boat as mode of transportation. So much fabulousness deserves TWO posts; Part 2 later. Goodnight for now!
Sunrise
Leg day!
Sun’s rays shining down on us while paddle boating.
Who knew Michigan has such great wines – along with such terrific views?
Old Mission Lighthouse
Yoga in the lavender field – lavender ice cream for a snack!
Love. Love.
Dinner with a view.
Bonfire, s’mores, music, and dancing.
So many beautiful places, so much fun! I spent the day riding in Concha’s convertible with her chauffeuring us around the peninsula. The many photos attached represent only a small part of our wonderful day!
Sunrise from the lake house overlooking Duck Lake
Sunflower field
Northport- the top of the Leelanau Peninsula
Northport lighthouse
Northport
Flowers in a kayak next to the lighthouse
Fishtown (Leland)
Hike to Pyramid Point
Pyramid Point
Pyramid Point
Boat ride on the lake to visit friends
Dinner at sunset
I spent the first part of the day in Muskegon and Grand Haven, first getting my flu shot and a COVID test so I can cross into Canada in a few days and then explore the coastal town of Grand Haven. Following that excitement, I met my friend Concha for drinks and a delicious meal at Valkyrie in Muskegon. Now, I’m hanging with Concha to her lake house in Interlochen. Tonight’s post is abbreviated due to cocktails and girl talk (Concha Allen, Editor).
Grand Haven public art
Grand Haven
The “auditorium” in Grand Haven
Guess who?
Planning tomorrow’s itinerary.
South Dakota
Nebraska
Minnesota
Iowa
Kansas
Missouri
Illinois
Indiana
Tennesee
Kentucky
Ohio
Michigan
The Fleming Family
Ricky and David
Jeffrey and Kristen
Fresh produce – and salsa!
That’s the lighthouse I climbed yesterday!
A larger view of the Muskegon Lighthouse from across the channel.
Muskegon Channel which connects Lake Michigan and Lake Muskegon.
Covered table – perfect place to wait out the cloudburst.
Scenery on my ramble.
Mural on the side of a beach building.
Driftwood.
🙂
I love the pattern the raindrops made in the sand.
Weathervane in Whitehall
Montague and Whitehall
Addie hanging out while I explore
I was surprised that the gull didn’t move when I took this pic
Muskegon light TOWER
Solar-powered “lantern” – operated remotely now rather than with a keeper. In the 1800s. Muskegon lighthouse had the first female keeper.
My camp, shown behind me, is across the channel from the lighthouse…one must drive all of the way around the channel to get from one to the other.
After wetting my feet in the warm waters of Lake Michigan, I drove to downtown Muskegon’s revitalized Heritage District. I saw renovated factories, fascinating public art, and delightful architecture.
Warm lake water.
Rotary Park provides musical play equipment for children.
A part of the twelve blocks of the Heritage District.
The Monet Garden.
Synagogue founded in 1888 – closed today.
Hackley & Hume Historic Site: In the late 1800s, Hackley became a “lumber baron” and built this house; his younger partner Hume constructed a home next door. I toured both of these Victorian homes.
The woodwork in Hackley’s home: exquisite.
Hackley installed many stained glass windows. Note how the ceiling contains the same colors as the windows.
Although Hackley had heating, nearly every room also had a fireplace.
The library in Hume’s home. Hume had seven children, all of whom loved reading. Hackley adopted two children. The inside of Hackley’s home is ornate and elegant; the inside of Hume’s home is relaxed and comfortable.
Long driving day for Addie and me. We’re now ensconced at our campsite at Muskegon State Park. We’ll have a restful evening and go out exploring tomorrow.
Focused on today’s driving extravaganza
Resting at the beach of Lake Michigan
One of many murals
The RagGonNon, a textile work of artist Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson.
The Slave Pen, built in the early1800s and recovered from a farm in Mason County, Kentucky, was used as a holding pen to temporarily store enslaved people purchased by Capt. John W. Anderson before he sold them at auction in Natchez, Mississippi.
Labyrinth
The many bridges across the Ohio River reminded me of Budapest and Prague.
A riverboat