Island Adventure Anniversary

Loreen Niewenhuis is an author, adventurer, and Great Lakes speaker. She has completed a trilogy of 1,000-mile adventures exploring the Great Lakes and has written three books about the Great Lakes [A 1,000-Mile Walk on the Beach *a Heartland Indie Bestseller*, A 1,000-Mile Great Lakes Walk *winner of the Great Lakes Great Reads Award*, and A 1,000-Mile Great Lakes Island Adventure]. To learn more about her work, or to book her as a speaker, go to http://LakeTrek.com

The book about this adventure

 Today is the second anniversary of the completion of my Great Lakes Island Adventure.

Here are some highlights:

South Bass Island

Glacial grooves on Kelleys Island

Isle Royale

Kayaking the Apostle Islands

Hiking Grand Island with my niece and nephew

Belle Isle

Chain coral on Manitoulin Island

Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island

Final steps of my 1,000-Mile Great Lakes ISLAND Adventure

Great Lakes Walk Anniversary

Loreen Niewenhuis is an author, adventurer, and Great Lakes speaker. She has completed a trilogy of 1,000-mile adventures exploring the Great Lakes and has written three books about the Great Lakes [A 1,000-Mile Walk on the Beach *a Heartland Indie Bestseller*, A 1,000-Mile Great Lakes Walk *winner of the Great Lakes Great Reads Award*, and A 1,000-Mile Great Lakes Island Adventure]. To learn more about her work, or to book her as a speaker, go to http://LakeTrek.com

This month marks the anniversary of the completion of my second Great Lakes Adventure.

On October 20, 2012, I completed a 1,000-mile hike that allowed me to explore all five 

Great Lakes.

Hiking along Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore on Lake Michigan

Relive some of my favorite moments with me:

Hiking into Toronto along Lake Ontario

Kettle formation near Lake Ontario

Hiking Lake Erie

Pictured Rocks on the edge of Lake Superior

Lake Superior

Clouds mimic wild Lake Huron

puddingstone

Laurel Sphinx moth

Blue Water Bridge

Hiking, hiking, hiking

40-mile point lighthouse along Lake Huron

At the Calcite limestone mine on the edge of Lake Huron

Finale at Niagara Falls

What an amazing adventure!

I am still captivated by these vast inland seas.

Rogers City Library

Loreen Niewenhuis is an author, adventurer, and Great Lakes speaker. She has completed a trilogy of 1,000-mile adventures exploring the Great Lakes and has written three books about the Great Lakes [A 1,000-Mile Walk on the Beach *a Heartland Indie Bestseller*, A 1,000-Mile Great Lakes Walk *winner of the Great Lakes Great Reads Award*, and A 1,000-Mile Great Lakes Island Adventure]. To learn more about her work, or to book her as a speaker, go to http://LakeTrek.com

My speaking tour took me to the Lake Huron town of Rogers City.

Lakeside Park sculpture

Rogers City has an enormous limestone quarry that is over a century old.

Calcite mine is in the distance

I gave my Isle Royale talk at the community library.

Eager audience awaits...

National Museum of the Great Lakes

Loreen Niewenhuis is an author, adventurer, and dynamic speaker. 

She has completed a trilogy of 1,000-mile adventures exploring the Great Lakes and has authored three books about these adventures: 

A 1,000-Mile Walk on the Beach  [A Heartland Indie Bestseller]

A 1,000-Mile Great Lakes Walk   [Winner of the Great Lakes Great Reads Award] 

A 1,000-Mile Great Lakes Island Adventure  [Long-listed for the Chautauqua Prize]

 

To learn more about her work, or to engage her as a speaker, go to http://www.laketrek.com/great-lakes-speaker/

I was thrilled to speak at the National Museum of the Great Lakes in Toledo. 

Wonderful displays fill the museum

Life-saving boat from Kelleys Island

Lens from a lighthouse

Items from Great Lakes cruise ships 

Steam engine model

Wooden frame from the Niagara -- a ship that fought in the Battle of Lake Erie, 1813

This freighter is part of the museum!

The museum is on the banks of the Maumee River in Toledo

They have a series of speakers come to talk about our Great Lakes. 

Great audience for my Great Lakes ISLANDS talk

Night on the Maumee River