8.22.14.Part IV

Who: Bruce, Rob, & I
What: Lighthouse sighting
Where: Ontonagon West Pierhead, Ontonagon, Michigan
Captured: Canon EOS50

8.22.14.Part III

Who: Rob, Bruce, & I
What: Lighthouse sighting!
Where: Ontonagan Light, Ontonagon, Michigan
Captured: Canon EOS50

This ^^ is about as close as we could get to this light without doing the tour (which we unfortunately didn't have time for, but let me tell you we will next time!)

8.22.14.Part II

Who: Rob, Bruce & I
What: Road trip to bring Bruce to school
Where: Bruce Crossing, Michigan
Captured: Canon EOS50

Because, duh. We had to.

8.22.14

Who: Rob, Bruce, & I
What: Road tripping to bring Bruce to school
Where: Bond Falls near Paulding, Michigan
Captured: Canon EOS50

These falls were stunning! I am so happy we made a point to stop & check them out.

#caughtgramin ^^

8.21.14.Part III

Who: Rob, Bruce, & I
What: Exploring the area around the casino
Where: Watersmeet, Michigan
Captured: Canon EOS50

If felt like the entire upper peninsula was covered in the most amazing moss. And everything was incredibly green this time of year.

Caught these two foraging about every time I turned around ^^ .

8.21.14.Part II

Who: Rob, Bruce, & I
What: Exploring on our way to the Keweenaw
Where: Michigan State's Forest Biomass Innovation Center in Escanaba, Michigan
Captured: Canon EOS50

We grabbed some coffee & took a stroll through the trees to relax & break up our drive a bit.

8.21.14

Who: Rob & I along with Bruce
What: A lighthouse adventure
Where: Seul Choix Point Lighthouse, near Manistique, Michigan
Captured: Canon EOS50

This light ^^ funny enough is the one on the cover of my lighthouse book (that thing has seen us through many trips around the great lakes! So you can guess I was pretty excited when I was looking up this light after we saw it only to discover it was on the cover!

Doing a little foraging of course ^^

8.20.14

Who: Rob & I along with Bruce
What: Bringing Bruce to school
Where: Wawatam Lighthouse in St Ignace, Michigan
Captured: Canon EOS50

So, I should probably preface this by saying that this lighthouse isn't really legit. I mean, it's obviously real, and it even gets used, but it's not a true lighthouse for those who are very particular about the word. I am not one of those people, so I think it totally counts. Haha.

This structure actually started it's life out as a Michigan welcome center travel icon in Monroe, Michigan. It was built in 1998 & swapped out for a newer version in 2004. Luckily instead of meeting its demise it was transferred to St Ignace & is now in use for snowmobilers coming across the ice in the winter (which I think is pretty darn neat). A bit funny (or maybe a bit sad) to think that this fake lighthouse is getting more use than many of our real historic lighthouses in the great lakes. Although it does make me incredibly happy to know the story of this not-quite-light.

In case you can't tell in these photos it was quite rainy & a bit chilly. This is the only time I wore shorts on this trip, crazy how chilly the UP can be in August!