Ending our time at Sleeping Bear Dunes

July and August

Miscellaneous images from our time here

Door hinge on the General Store in Glen Haven

Matthew answering questions in the blacksmith shop 

Stan (overalls) is a master blacksmith who, at the age of 83, drives out from Pennsylvania to give us a class. Liz, far left, was Cheryl's blacksmithing mentor

The next day the smoke was too bad from the Canadian fires to not be indoors with ac, so we met in the volunteer space - Tom C, Stan, Ranger Casey, Miles, Matthew, me, and Sandy

The Old Mission area of Traverse City

Original Mission church

Stopped for ice cream at Moomers

Matthew graduated to full-on blacksmith!

We worked the Port Oneida Days fair at the Port Oneida historic agricultural area of Sleeping Bear Dunes.

"Portable" blacksmithing set up

The Thoreson house, (above photo) is where Bach wrote this

Liz holding the dinner bell Kerry and Tom made, and I assisted

Dairy farm at Dechow house

My new bike!

A hightpoint of our time here was a short visit from Cameron and his girlfriend Johanna. Of course we had to take them all over

It's impossible to photo how steep this dune is - it is 450 feet tall with a ~32 degree angle

That boat is at the base of the dune

Cam and Jo doing the Dune Climb

Hiked to Pyramid Point

Empire Bluffs hike

Got out to the Mission Point Lighthouse

Old Mission General Store - get your groceries, deli sandwich, and anything else you can think of

Includes a room to eat your items, hang out, or play games. There was a rousing card game happening while we were there

Memories of a General Store from my childhood - I was fascinated that you could grab a pickle like this 

Passing ore boat

Strong winds, small craft advisory, lovely waves. 

Am artist I am not! But it was fun to participate in the Paint with a Ranger event at the Maritime Museum

My favorite boat in the Cannery/Boat Museum - Coast Guard TRS rescue boat

The season has come to an end for us and, as the leaves begin to change, we leave Sleeping Bear Dunes