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| Dune Climb, Sleeping Bear Dunes. |
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| View from Dunes |
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| Along the dune trail. |
One of the first hikes I did was one of the hardest to do. Only four miles long, but up and down massive dunes in the heat of the day. It was absolutely amazing, but one of those things in life you just have to power through. There aren't too many options when you're on the top of a giant sand dune, you've just got to keep on going.
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| Shipwreck of of South Manitou Island. |
The second night I was in the area I was able to check in to the D.H. Day campground in the park. $12. a night and right on the lake. Extremely convenient to have a nice swim. The water's a bit cold. I started out the first day wearing my shortie wetsuit, the second in rash guard shirt and swim shorts, the third I'd progressed to just my bathingsuit like everyone else. Refreshing. I did have a rather warm swim off of South Manitou Island which is an hour and a half slow ferry ride offshore. The water was fairly shallow so that I'm sure accounts for the warm waters. I hiked along the beach to about a 1/2 mile beyond this Shipwreck. Not a soul in sight, just a long stretch of beach, cliffs of sand behind and beyond that forest. The Shipwreck surreal like and covered with birds. Waves lapping over smooth stones. The kind of moment you scream with joy. Oh and I did. I also had a nice tour of the lighthouse on South Manitou given by a somewhat weary but still enthusiastic park ranger. One of the Rangers on that lives out on the island for the summer went to UMASS Amherst. I do find continuously on my travels that the world is very small in a lot of ways, and then it contradicts itself and becomes
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| Picture of me atop the Lighthouse at South Manitou |
very large again. Oh world forever changing size. Ahhh well.
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