When my pond overflowed from the thunderstorm, I didn’t get any driftwood floating out but I did have a lot of limbs down on the lawn. But like clouds, when I see a piece of driftwood, I try to picture a critter or object in the wood which can change depending on which direction you view it from. From this angle, I saw an otter floating on its back with its lunch sitting on its belly and all four legs and tail in the air.
Otter Driftwood
When walking on a beach, I’m always looking for that ‘pretty’ rock or an unique piece of driftwood. Sometimes the rock or driftwood is too big to fit in my pocket like this one which looks like a sea serpent poking its head up through the sand.
Superior Sea Serpent
While out on a day trip today, one stop was the Wisconsin Point, a peninsula off the shore of Superior, Wisconsin. The point is the world’s largest freshwater bay mouth sand bar. The Wisconsin Point Lighthouse was built in 1913 and is located on the end of the peninsula.
But today the lighthouse wasn’t very visible nor could you see Lake Superior because of the fog rolling in on a chilly afternoon when the temperature was 45 with a colder wind chill. And while I was hoping for a nice sunny day to walk out to the lighthouse, the need for lighthouses and fog horns wouldn’t have existed if the weather was always calm and sunny.
Lighthouse Lost in the Fog
A short video of the lighthouse lost in the fog as the waves roll in on a windy day.
All over the world, there are reports of lake monsters, with the Loch Ness Monster being a very famous one. Even the Great Lakes has their sea monsters, like Bessie and Mishipeshu (an underwater panther), but I found my own sea monster resting on the south shore of Lake Superior after the storm.
And in keeping with the naming theme of several other great sea monsters; like ‘Nessie’ the Loch Ness monster, ‘Bessie’ the Lake Erie lake monster, ‘Tahoe Tessie’ the cryptozoological creature in Lake Tahoe, ‘Cressie’ the eel-like creature in Canada’s Crescent Lake and ‘Issie’ Japanese’s Lake Ikeda monster, I am naming my Lake Superior monster ‘Sessie’. I probably was very lucky to be out on the beach before dawn to spot Sessie before she returned to the water.
Sessie
A calm day on Lake Superior at Meyers Beach with Eagle Island on the horizon and the sea caves located on the far point of land. Part of the fun combing the beaches is to look for rocks and driftwood. Finding the unique and interesting piece is always a fun adventure and it always makes me wonder how far the driftwood had traveled; did it come from the mainland or from one of the nearby Apostle Islands or did it come all the way across the lake from the Canadian side.
For some reason I wasn’t able to put this piece of driftwood in my pocket but it made a nice spot to sit while listening to the gentle waves rolling in.
Driftwood Log on Meyers Beach
