What a difference a day can make! We left Ludington on Saturday morning, June 8th, with smooth water and no wind. The lake was full of fishing boats taking advantage of the conditions.
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| Big Point Sable Lighthouse just north of Ludington |
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| If you went up and down these stairs even once a day, you would never need to work out on a stairmaster! |
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| Fishing boats out on super smooth Lake Michigan We reached Frankfort ( a 52 mile trip) around 3 p.m. and tied up in the municipal marina. After dinner we walked to the channel light for sunset and then returned to the boat so Tom and Alice could once again tromp David and me in Pitch. Sunday we left Frankfort, again in amazingly smooth water, and headed toward Leland 42 miles north. The dunes in this area are noticeably higher. We passed Point Betsie Lighthouse--said to be the most photographed lighthouse on Lake Michigan--and the Manitou Islands before coming to Sleepy Bear Dunes National Park. Although sunny, the temperature is still cool and we saw only a few people out on the dunes. We arrived in Leland around 1:15 p.m. and stayed at Leland Harbor. |
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Point Betsie Lighthouse
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| Close up of the "Sleeping Bear" |
The Legend of Sleeping Bear
Long ago, along the Wisconsin shoreline, a mother bear and her two cubs were driven into Lake Michigan by a raging forest fire. The bears swam for many hours, but eventually the cubs tired and lagged behind. Mother bear reached the shore and climbed to the top of a high bluff to watch and wait for her cubs. Too tired to continue, the cubs drowned within sight of the shore. The Great Spirit Manitou created two islands to mark the spot where the cubs disappeared and then created a solitary dune to represent the faithful mother bear. |
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