Loreen Niewenhuis is an author, adventurer, and dynamic speaker.
She has completed a trilogy of 1,000-mile journeys exploring the Great Lakes and has authored three books about these adventures.
To learn more about her work, or to engage her as a speaker, go to
http://www.laketrek.com/great-lakes-speaker/
I took a wintery training hike today, passing through the Tweddle/Treet farm in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore and out to
Lake Michigan.
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Wind-sculpted snow |
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Snow angels along the way |
Near the lake, the snow was tinged brown with sand blown by the winter winds.
The lake has very little ice on it.
Just a few chunks along the edge, clinking together in the waves.
I hoped to hike a loop down the nearby Empire Bluff Trail, but there were deep drifts of snow that often collapsed. I found myself post-holing up to my knees, so I hiked back the way I came.
