I got up at 4:00 a.m. yesterday and drove up to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore for the day. The weather forecast called for intermittent rain showers and was spot on. In between showers I shot these photos. The place is beautiful even when the sun is not shining.
Sleeping Bear Point with South Manitou Island in the distance, as seen from the Islands Overlook on the Alligator HIll Trail at Sleeping Bear National Lakeshore.
Sleeping Bear Bay with Glen Arbor and the Homestead along the shoreline, as seen from the Islands Overlook on the Alligator HIll Trail at Sleeping Bear National Lakeshore
The beach at Point Oneida
The beach at Point Oneida
A ship in the distance beyond Pyramid Point, passing through the Manitou Passage
Point Oneida birch trees
Lichen on birch bark
Point Oneida farm
Cattle no longer graze on the hills of Point Oneida. The barbed wire fences have been rolled up, though not removed.
Outbuildings on the Martin Basch farmstead, Baker Road, Point Oneida
Barn on the Martin Basch farmstead, Baker Road, Point Oneida
Bass Lake reflection