Today Jackie and Doug took us on a wonderful trip to see Lake Michigan and the area east of where they live in Southport. It is such a beautiful area that some of the pictures that I am including will show. We saw the long Lake Leelanau and the town Leland with his historical fishing village. From some of the high hills we were able to see North Manitou and South Manitou Islands. We saw another historical village in Glen Arbour and had lunch there. Then we went to the Maritime Museum in Glen Haven and former Sleeping Bear Life Guard Station. After that we went to see the very high sand dunes near Little Glen Lake. We saw a lot of young people climbing the sand dunes and enjoying the run down soft sand but decided that was for the young and did not attempt the climb to the top of the dunes where a person got a great view of Lake Michigan. Oh! to be young again. The areas we drove through had many farms growing apples, cherries, corn and wheat. Also there are many lakes that are surrounded by a lot of cottages. This is a great vacation area. We had a very beautiful view of Omena Bay while we enjoyed dinner. After dinner we went to see the sunset at Paterson Park as the sun was setting over Lake Michigan. What a great day we had.
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| Lake Leelanau near village of LeeLand |
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| Historic Fishing Village at Leland. |
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| Con, Doug , Jackie and Dorothy at the Historic Fishing Village. |
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| Dorothy in front a coast guard rescue boat at the Glen Haven Historic Village. |
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| One of the many beaches along Lake Michigan that people were enjoying. |
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| Dorothy and Jackie in front of a former building housing a coast guard rescue boat. |
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| Doug and Con pumping an old hand bildge pump in front of former building housing a coast guard crew. |
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| People climbing the high Sand Dunes near Little Glen Lake. |
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| Corn fields with Lake Michigan in the backgrounds. |
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