Dunes

A few more pics from the most beautiful place in the country...

 

One of the old life saving stations, along Lake Michigan:

 

The Sleeping Bear Point Life-Saving Station (now the Maritime Museum) was built in 1901 to house the crew and equipment which would be called upon to save the lives of passengers and crew of ships in distress in the Manitou Passage. The U.S. Life-Saving Service was merged with the Revenue Cutter Service in 1915 to create the U.S. Coast Guard. This station was similar to the stations on North and South Manitou Islands and was typical of the 60 stations along the Great Lakes and many more on the Atlantic coast. The North Manitou Island station began operation in 1887 and closed in the 1930s, while the South Manitou Island station was built in 1901 and closed in 1958. There was another station at Point Betsie, just north of Frankfort, which began operations in 1876.

 

Will lost interest for the discussion of harrowing, storm rescues, eyeing the tracks down to the lake

 

 

And there was a happy boy! 

On the scenic loop

That's one decent descent -- Will went careening toward it liked a shot out of the car, but fortunately pulled up before he tumbled all the way down. 

Instead, he turned back, then climbed up, and bounced along the ridge, until we snuck up and pounced on him, at one of the clearings!