As Michigan gets hit with a week of warm (and humid) weather again, I’ll help prepare those of you who ski for the upcoming season! My folder label has this called Vail, but I’m pretty sure we didn’t actually make it to Vail and that this is Breckenridge. Or rather,… Continue reading
If you look at the very top of this picture, you can see the top of the Grand Island Lighthouse, which is situated on the bluff a the North end of the island. It’s not immediately visible due to the angle looking up the cliff, but if you paddle out into… Continue reading
The trip I was assigned to this year was up the West shore of Grand Island which is a 21 mile round trip paddling along the shore which is mostly rocky and often cliffs. It was a South wind this year, which meant racing up to the north end and then… Continue reading
Again over on Grand Island, but a day later, one of the participants in the class noticed this little frog (or maybe a green toad) clinging to the sandstone wall of one of the cliffs. Not sure where it came from or where it was trying to get to… Picture… Continue reading
Now, for a few newer pictures from the recent Great Lakes Sea Kayaking Symposium. I was on the trip to the north end of Grand Island in the UP where we got to see and paddle under one of the better rock arches on Lake Superior. Picture taken with Panasonic… Continue reading
Yesterday’s picture went over well, so here’s a second picture from the same setting. It was taken 18 minutes after the previous photo. Neither has had any color balance adjustment – though the camera apparently doesn’t write its white balance setting to EXIF, so maybe it was on auto and… Continue reading
From 4th of July (actually the 5th) 2013 I hereby present this marvelous sunset over West Grand Traverse Bay. Was sitting at the Open Space (or whatever it’s called now) waiting for fireworks to start. I must have decided that I didn’t want to carry the SLR & accessories through… Continue reading