It’s a gorgeous day in southeast Michigan. Cooler temperatures, nice breeze, bright sunshine, and blue skies have me feeling like it’s already autumn.
Even though we have another month of summer.
Today’ cool temperatures made me think of lighthouses, places we often visit when we’re traveling in fall. And while listening to the morning news, I discovered today is National Lighthouse Day.
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It was a cold, windy, rainy day when I stopped along the beach of Lake Huron to see the Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse at the tip of Michigan’s mitten in the Lower Peninsula.
One of three lighthouses along the narrows of the Straits of Mackinac, the Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse joined the McGulpin Point Lighthouse and Bois Blanc Lighthouse in guiding ships through the treacherous straits where Lake Huron meets Lake Michigan. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse
This weekend’s warmer temperatures (almost reaching 50 degrees Farenheit) brought out lots of people to the Detroit Riverwalk in downtown Detroit, including me! While the skies remained cloudy most of the day, it didn’t stop me from enjoying my walk along the Detroit River and stopping to take this photo of the lighthouse at William… Continue reading Photo of the Week: William G. Milliken State Park Lighthouse