Winter "Ice Mushrooms"

We were able to check out a Lake Michigan beach in winter. Always a neat contrast to a summer visit, a winter beach amazes with ice structures including these iced over pilings.

Andy

Whaleback Natural Area (hiking trail) is in the background.

Yes, some of these have faces to me!

I see another face.

Here is a 30 second look at windy, chilly beach weather.

Winter Pix . . . Not Quite

We don't really . . . have winter yet!! We have broken many records though - for the least amount of snow. So, here are some shots from our fall day trips on the dunes. 

Happy  . . . winter . . . I guess?   ;->

Andy

One of the walks up . . . and down.

Fall Dunes

We came across a new hike to us called Arcadia Dunes Nature Reserve. The hiking trails were recently completed and it was a wonderful surprise when coming upon it, serendipitously, on a beautiful fall drive just south of Frankfort. We plan to go back!
Andy

For scale, Michele is on a trail on the far right middle of the pic.

The main trail onto the dunes. This dune is called "Old Baldy".