Saturday, September 18, 2010

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore 9/16/10

Morning Beach Bums
Thursday morning started off rainy and cold but we were determined not to waste it having spent much of the previous week repairing the motorhome. We set off through the woods on a 2 mile hike to Lake Michigan with the dogs. We fought a blustery wind with spitting rain all the way there as you can see in this video.

What a view....there are people on the lookout point!

Later as the weather improved we headed to the Pierce Stocking Scenic drive for an overview of the dunes. Station 9 & 10 have the most dramatic views of the Lake Michigan from the 450' high dunes. Dagmar discovered she loves the dunes even better than the Alps and she just couldn't get enough of them. See her leading us out to the overlook in this video.
Dune meets Water
From here you can see Lake Michigan
Later we decided to try our own dune climb. I was a bit reluctant but after Dagmar went once and we had a bit of lunch I was ready for the climb. Each crest was better than the last until we had climbed high enough to see Lake Michigan. As we made the return journey is was a bit like skiing the Alps as seen in this video.
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1 comment:

Unknown said...

MAAAAAN! That looks like fun! Good job Dagmar!!! :)