Torch Lake

These are a few photos I took this past weekend in Torch Lake. I was fascinated by the color of the water. The water is always very blue and also clear. At some points it's 300 feet deep. There is a nice sandbar at the south end that people anchor at and then play in the ankle deep to knee deep water. For celebrity buffs, Eminem has a house on Torch Lake. It's huge, sorry no photos of that. The monument that's pictured is near the 45˚ parallel. Each county in the state of Michigan donated one stone to create it. It's right on the side of the road and easy to see.

Manistee Michigan

These are photos from last week in Manistee Michigan.


A fish we caught on Lake Manistee. The stair way from the beach to Orchard Beach State Park.









The sunset over Lake Michigan.









Sights along the River.









The Manistee Lighthouse.












Random pictures of plants and wildlife around the Manistee River, Lake Manistee and Lake Michigan.

Lake Superior - Upper Peninsula

The waterfall picture was taken near Marquette Michigan and the lakeshore and lighthouse were taken from a sunken boat tour on Lake Superior, near Munising.

Wildlife

These are a few pictures of wildlife we've found in the last couple of years. The baby birds are robins. They made a nest on our porch two year's ago. The robin is the state bird. Pictured here are also a blue-spotted salamander, a mink frog, a tree frog, and a monarch.

Mackinac Island

These are photos from Mackinac Island. The island is located on Lake Huron, just east of the Mackinac Bridge. Life on the island is fairly simple. Motorized vehicles are not permitted. People move by walking or bicycle. In the summer people reach the island by ferry or small plane. In the winter people travel across the frozen lake on skis and snowmobiles. These photos are from 2004-2005. Photos from the Grand Hotel, Fort Mackinac, Fort Michilimackinac, and the island. The rock formation is called Arch Rock. Also pictured are an American Toad and wildflowers.