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Last Thursday we took a ferry from St. Ignace, Michigan to Mackinac Island.The trip there was crisp and smooth, unlike the way back that was windy and choppy. Both ferry rides were enjoyed, but we rode inside on the main deck on the way back, NOT on the top deck as before. :-). The trio posted today were taken on the way to the island.
The Island is divided into those who live in town and those who live on the bluff. Here you can see aspects of each.
"Mackinac Island sits in Lake Huron, between Michigan’s Upper and Lower peninsulas. Mackinac Island State Park, with trails, woods and the limestone Arch Rock formation, covers most of the island. Founded in 1780, Fort Mackinac is a walled cluster of military buildings on a coastal bluff. The Richard and Jane Manoogian Mackinac Art Museum has local works, including Native American art, maps and 19th-century photos."
Yes, it's true. I met our beautiful Claire over Labor Day weekend. We met in Port Sanilac, Michigan and spent a few hours on Lake Huron shooting each other along with her best friend, Lindsey. It was so much fun!! For those of you who haven't met her yet, you're in for a treat. She is even more beautiful and vibrant in-person. I know we'll meet again, my friend.
From the Internet......
And this is yet another invasive species!!
NOT an obvious problem here... Not many to be seen....and beautiful in the eyes of many of us!
"Yellow iris, or yellow flag iris, is a perennial aquatic plant native to Europe, western Asia and North Africa. It was first introduced to North Americain the 1800s as an ornamental plant for ponds and water gardens. The plant has since spread to many waterways, including those in parts of southern Ontario. In addition to its use in gardens, it has been planted in wastewater ponds because it is known to absorb heavy metals.
Yellow iris can grow in both treed and open wetlands, along river and lake edges, and on floodplains. The plant spreads by seeds and by underground stems known as rhizomes that send out new shoots above the ground and roots below. Stands of yellow iris develop thick mats of rhizomes that can connect several hundred plants. Fragments of rhizomes that break off can also form new plants.
Range
The first recorded Canadian sighting of yellow iris was in Newfoundland in 1911. It was found in Ontario in 1940. Today it grows in most Canadian provinces, including parts of southern Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, New Brunswick, the east coast of Prince Edward Island and the west coast of British Columbia. It is also found in many American states, and in temperate areas worldwide. Several American states ban it or list it as a noxious weed."
From a recent shoot near Lexington, Michigan, on the southern end of Lake Huron.
Lake Huron-Michigan is the second largest lake in the world (if you define them as one lake). Normally, the freshwater is great for swimming, fishing, or any other water recreations.
The winter of 2013 was much colder and snowier than years past which have been great for bringing the water levels back up, but has kept the temperatures down. In June, you still don't see many people swimming because the temps are uncomfortably cold.
Still, the Great Lakes are among the more beautiful sights I've known in my life.
May 2015
Dawn gleams across pristine water along the shores of the Georgian Bay.
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The Cheboygan Pierhead Light is a small tower at the end of the pier where the Cheboygan River enters Lake Huron.
These days.....many areas have too much rain...or not nearly enough... We could use some, but we had a lot of rain this spring... So growth has been lush... And crops apparently are catching up, after a slow cold and wet start... The sky in this pic did not bring much at all......
Hoping your area is getting just enough!
There has been a lot of stormy weather around here the last few days and so I thought I would post a shot from a couple summers ago. I was up north at the family cottage on Lake Huron when this storm blew up from across the lake. It was very cool to watch the storm with an unobstructed view as it came across the water.
Great Lakes Michigan and Huron are actually one body of water, joined by the Straits of Mackinac (pronounced "Mackinaw" for you non-midwestern viewers) and share the same water level. In July of 2020 the lakes reached a record high level and the shoreline in this photo was at the bases of the downed trees. The lakes have dropped about three feet since then. Storm waves during the high water severely eroded the shoreline and undercut the adjacent forests, producing scenes like this in natural areas.
This photo was taken along the beach of the Lake Huron Coastal Preserve, a natural, old-growth forest area in Alabaster Township, Iosco County, Michigan. The area was recently acquired by the Township from USG Co., via Huron Pines conservation organization as a facilitator. The beach shown is almost a mile long and is lined with downed tree for much of its length. Some say to leave it natural and some want to clear the beach.
If you want to do a little math, you can calculate in gallons or liters, about how much water was lost in the last year and a half: combined area of lakes Michigan and Huron is about 45,410 square miles (117,612 square kilometers) and the drop is about 3 feet (1 meter).
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This projection into Lake Huron at Port Austin Michigan is supposedly the northern most point of the Thumb. It's private land and is adjacent to the geological phenomenon "Turnip Rock"
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