Thursday Thirteen episode 10

 

Thirteen pictures I took in Northern Michigan last weekend.

 

1.  This is the East Arm of Grand Traverse Bay in Northern Lower Michigan.  It was about 75 or 80 degrees but very windy.  If you look closely, you'll see that a couple of those white caps are really swans!

 

2.  This is the West Arm of Grand Traverse Bay, or West Bay as the locals call it.  You can see the marina in the background.  MWH's coat and my hair are blowing around like crazy.  But it was such a beautiful day.  The sky was a brilliant blue.  There's no place like the bay for colors in the water.  You get a hint of it in the picture above.  I don't think I've ever seen a picture do it justice.  This area is within the city limits of Traverse City.

 

3.  This picture was taken just a few feet to the left of where we stood for the picture above.  In the summer all the beaches teem with people and the water is full of boats.

 

4.  I love the way the sunlight reflects off the surface of the water, but also shines through it to illuminate the rocks. 

 

5. This is the outer view of the breakwater at the marina.

 

6. This is the inner view.  There are spots all along the boardwalk for boats to tie up.  You can see the posts with the electrical outlets.

 

7. Here's a look across the marina to the other pier.

 

8. This gorgeous tree is at my DMIL's cousin's place on the private lake where they live.  The lake was like glass.  But not for long.  The wind came up again and rippled the surface soon after I took this picture.

 

9. Our travels the second day took us out on Mission Point.  That's the spit of land that bisects the bay into east and west arms.  It's prime fruit growing land.  Cherries are the biggest crop in the area.  It is, after all, the 'Cherry Capital of the World'.  But this is a picture of one of the many wineries on the point.

 

10. A closer look at the grapes.

 

 

11. Across the road was an apple orchard.

 

 

12. We stopped at Sutton's Bay on the west side of the bay to look at the boats.  This one sure is cute!

 

13. These are more like what you expect to see in the marinas around the bay.

 

 

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