Again a beautiful day! We set off to check out Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. It was about a half hour drive from our hotel and the first stop was the visitor center where we showed our Senior Park Pass and got an ornament for the Christmas Tree after enjoying the exhibits. Our first order of business was to drive the famous Pierce Stocking Drive.
Having to be rescued will NOT be a problem for us. We had enough challenge just walking in the sand to the views!
Yes, I made him do it again. We also recorded a happy birthday message for my brother. Happy Birthday Clif!
These dunes are WAY bigger than they look!
We then visited Glen Arbor and listened to a volunteer do a great job describing how these folks used these different types of boats etc. to rescue stranded ships in these dangerous waters.
They would take these specially threaded lines and attach a weight and instructions to it, fire it over the ship by cannon and then pull the people back in by putting them in a life preserver with pants attached.
Next we headed to Grand Traverse State Park to see the lighthouse there. We paid to get into the park and they didn't tell us the lighthouse was closed! But we saw the outside and the beautiful rocky shoreline.
We headed down the road and were getting hungry since lunch was a half a leftover sandwich from the day before (at a picnic table in a beautiful park but still...). We stopped in Sutton Bay and had dinner at VI Grill - it was really good! This cute shop was what we saw when we walked out and l loved the color and the happy it exuded.
Back to the hotel to repack and get ready to head out tomorrow to our next destination - Munising on the Upper Peninsula to discover all it has to offer.
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