The sun and mountains begin to emerge late in the afternoon following a day of rain at this overlook of St. Mary Lake near the east end of the Going-to-the-Sun Road – Glacier National Park. I wasn’t sure we would get to see the mountains at all this day, but often after a storm is…
A calm and sunny day along the west coast of Lake Superior, but this famous lighthouse guided mariners through gale and storm from 1910 to 1969 – Split Rock Lighthouse State Park. The melody of “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” came to mind as I stood here, knowing that everything was so different the…
The Wendy Anne, an 85-ton, 71-foot Army tugboat launched in 1950, entering Round Lake Channel from Lake Michigan after passing the Charlevoix South Pier Lighthouse. Today, the Wendy Anne delivers freight and dry goods to St. James Harbor on Beaver Island, 20 miles offshore. I was drawn to the backlight on this shot of the…
Autumn leaves surround the North Shore Pavilion at Devil’s Lake State Park as seen from the West Bluff Trail. I remember climbing this bluff as a kid in different seasons of the year. Those crisp, sunny, autumn days would be my favorite. (Baraboo, Wisconsin) ≡ Canon R5/RF24-240 118mm f10 1/320sec iso250
Usually associated with ocean coastlines, the American White Pelican is a frequent spring visitor to the Midwest, here about to land on Lake Wisconsin. Once very rare to spot, there are now reports of breeding colonies in Wisconsin. I think it looks like these guys have an attitude like, “Coming in…you better get out of…