Manistee National Forest coastlineSummer doesn’t get much better than this!Relaxing until sunset – well worth the wait!We found a quiet cool dispersed site in the woods – stayed for 4 nights. The solar panels struggled to keep the battery charged but we slept so well. Nice to have a break from the heat.Nordic Dunes Wilderness – we enjoyed a day hike along the shore.And hung out for another gorgeous sunset!Michigan Recreation Area beach.Dunes protect all the shoreline.Can’t get tired of this!Manistee Light House where we hung out for lunch – along with many others.This is a nice looking sunset but looks like the sun won’t melt into the lake.Ohhh – looks like we might have some delayed color…This is an “end of the world” sky! Unbelievable!A viewpoint of the coast – an easy hike just up some stairs!Another lighthouse.Do I look like I am captain of the ship? My grandfather was a cook on the freighters….not sure I could get used to that lifestyle.A life saving demonstration where Raggedy Ann got saved first while Andy clung on a bit longer.All the helpers pulled them to shore – good fun.Another sunset at Sleeping Bear Sand Dune area – our final on Lake Michigan. People had bonfires on the beach and I remember doing that as a kid. I would be cold and dripping wet from swimming while roasting a hot dog. We also did the dune climb every summer – before it was a National Lake ShoreLunch at the Mighty Mac bridge watching the Edmund Fitzgerald go underneath.
