Mighty Mac
We just returned from a few days in the Michigan Upper Peninsula (which accounts for my nearly total neglect of this blog this past week). Easily, the very first landmark that comes into sight on that...
View ArticleCut River Bridge
U.S. Highway 2 heading west out of St. Ignace, Michigan – this road follows along the northern edge of Lake Michigan for several miles. I have traveled this stretch of road a half dozen times in my...
View ArticleWeekly Photo Challenge: Muse – Nature
I love to travel; I am a history buff; I enjoy artistic architecture; I hunt down bridges, in use or abandoned – but when it all boils down, what draws me back is nature. God has created an...
View ArticleBirds at Saint Ignace
At the junction of Lakes Michigan and Huron, Saint Ignace sees its share of birds from the lakes and the forests. Some that we spotted during our recent visit included swans, herons, ducks, geese,...
View ArticleVacationing
I do not like vacations where you go lay on some beach somewhere, and then drag yourself home with nothing to show for it but a nice sunburn. When I plan a vacation, I want to go somewhere that is...
View ArticleCee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Burgundy or Maroon – On Mackinac Island
Mackinac Island, in Lake Huron near St. Ignace, Michigan, is a regal place to visit. One can see burgundies and maroons both from nature and man-made constructs. We visited there this past June and...
View ArticleWeekly Photo Challenge: Today Was a Good Day – Driving the Upper Peninsula
We spent several days in the Upper Peninsula in Michigan in June. I have posted articles on some of these already, but this summation brings together this entire day, which was a very good day for us....
View ArticleCee’s Odd Ball Challenge: Week #36 – Dolphins
What you see here are dolphins. These are dolphins in Lake Huron near St. Ignace, Michigan. Dolphins are docking stations for fuel tankers. The tankers formerly supplied jet fuel for Kinchloe Air Force...
View ArticleLake Huron Morning
“This day is the most recent set of events to define you. Every day changes your life. Every last one.” ― Richelle E. Goodrich Early morning view east of St. Ignace, Michigan, over Lake Huron Not only...
View ArticleCee’s Compose Yourself Photo Challenge: Week #6 Horizontal Lines and Horizon
It was not that long ago that I snapped pictures with little thought to composition – lines, angles, rule-of-thirds, lighting, shadows or any of those other things that photographers like to think...
View ArticleCee’s Compose Yourself Challenge: Week #9 Rule of Thirds
The simplest rule-if-thirds example I have is this capture of two wild flowers. There is not much visual contrast between the leaves and the flowers, so I had to rely on positioning the flowers to make...
View ArticleClear Water
The feature picture is the Wawatam Lighthouse overlooking Lake Huron and Mackinac Island from Saint Ignace, Michigan. This image captured just before sunset. One of the more subtle pleasures of our...
View ArticleHugh’s Weekly Photo Challenge: Distance
Several perspectives of distance with scenes from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. (Click on any image to open the gallery and see the captions describing each scene!) See more into the ‘distance’ at Hugh’s...
View ArticleWeekly Photo Challenge: Cherry on Top – Photo-Bomb
From our hotel in St. Ignace, Michigan, I was out getting shots of the early morning sky over Lake Huron. After I fretted with horizons, ISO numbers, shutter speeds and the like I captured this image...
View ArticleWeekly Photo Challenge: Morning – Tranquil
We had an outdoor breakfast buffet at our hotel in St. Ignace last year. While we ate one morning we watched this swan slowly glide over the early morning ripples in the Lake Huron water. The morning...
View ArticleWeekly Photo Challenge: Morning – Pestering
On the same morning we watched the swan on Lake Huron, the gulls joined us for breakfast. They sat on the rail by our table and pestered us for handouts. We did not succumb to the pleading and they...
View ArticleWeekly Photo Challenge: Edge – Framework
The framework of the Cut River Bridge along U.S. 2 just west of St. Ignace, Michigan. See more ‘edge’ at the Daily Post’s Weekly Photo Challenge: Edge!Filed under: Photography, Travel Tagged: bridge,...
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