Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

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. 

To learn more about her work, or to engage her as a speaker, go to 

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It was a mild and sunny day today. Rare for mid-December, so I headed to some of my favorite places along the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.

My first stop was the DH Day Farm to photograph the iconic barns there.

DH Day Farm

Then, I drove to Pyramid Point to hike the trail there: 

There are people standing on that far-off dune

On the way home, I stopped to photograph this wild turkey. She was unflappable.

And a little video of the lake today:

Rainy Day Hike

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. 

To learn more about her work, or to engage her as a speaker, go to 

http://www.laketrek.com/great-lakes-speaker/

I joined up with a hiking group (Northern Michigan Hiking, Backpacking, and Kayaking Meetup) for a post-Thanksgiving hike along Lake Michigan.

Hiking along Lake Michigan

We began at the Dune Climb and hiked two miles over tall dunes to the lake.

Hiking the Dune Climb

Dune Climb

Along Lake Michigan

Lake Michigan

We then took a short drive over to Pyramid Point.

Pyramid Point

Misty day at Pyramid Point

It was a drizzly, cool day.

A perfect day to hike with new friends.

Nice group!

Sunset from Leland

Here is another clip of a sunset, this time from the beach at the city of Leland. From this vantage point, the sun sets between Pyramid Point and the Manitou Islands.

This area is probably my favorite stretch of Lake Michigan shoreline. The Sleeping Bear Dune National Lakeshore is along here and the stunning Leelanau Peninsula. The land here shows the obvious shaping of the glaciers that pushed through this area, then receded several times over 10,000 years ago.