It was a good thing these birds have headed south for the winter already because otherwise there would have been a lot of aborted landings with the very strong wind gusts overnight and during this morning.
Aborted Landings
Picture of the Day for November 29, 2021
Since it was above freezing today, I was out leveling some gravel on my driveway but the rock size I was moving was definitely smaller than the rocks on this Lake Michigan beach.
Rocky Beach
Picture of the Day for September 4, 2021
The holiday weekend has people enjoying some outdoor activities, including taking a boat out on Lake Michigan past the Kewaunee Pierhead Lighthouse. A pair of range lights were installed in 1891 and changes to the lights happen through the years. The present square lighthouse on the south pier was built in 1931 with a fifth-order Fresnel lens.
Kewaunee Pierhead Lighthouse
Picture of the Day for September 3, 2021
This waterfront used to be the lumber port of Newport. In 1881, a large wooden pier was built and a small town grow up around it and for the 40 years sailing vessels and barges hauled lumber from the nearby forest. When the forest thinned, the town disappeared with very little evidence of its existence.
The area is now Newport State Park with 11 miles of undeveloped Lake Michigan shoreline and is a special dark in that it received the International Dark Sky Park designation – the 49th in the world. A place to view the stars and meteor showers in the absence of artificial light.
A Dark Sky Park
Picture of the Day for July 3, 2021
With the temperature predicted to be in the 90s tomorrow and being the holiday weekend, this beach probably will have a lot more visitors enjoying cooler waters of Lake Michigan. Whitefish Dunes State Natural Area preserves the largest Great Lakes dunescape in Wisconsin. The area consists of active and stabilized sand dunes, including Old Baldy, the tallest dune which rises 93 feet above lake level.
Beach at Whitefish Dunes
Picture of the Day for June 30, 2021
At the tip of the Door Peninsula, the Washington Island Ferry provides a way for vehicles and passengers to reach Washington Island, a 22 square mile island in Lake Michigan about seven miles from the tip of the peninsula. Another ferry takes passengers from Washington Island to Rock Island, a 912 acre state park were vehicles are not allowed to be brought over to the island.
Washington Island Ferry
