Skywatch Friday, Freighter on Lake St. Clair at Sunset

Taken from Pier Park with my little point 'n shoot.

More sky over Lake St. Clair

This is another shot of the Grosse Pointe Yacht Club and Lake St. Clair.

Back in Detroit: Grosse Pointe Yacht Club

Here is the Grosse Pointe Yacht Club as seen from Lakeshore Drive (Jefferson).

Well, we're back in Detroit, for better or worse. We had a great time on vacation and it's hard to get back to the old grand. I'm having health issues, hard to keep up. (We cut our vacation short by a week, sadly). I miss being out in the wilds, but it had its disadvantages when my health problems flared up.

July 11, Vacation Day 13, Blue Lake

This was the last day of our vacation. We drove to Blue Lake, took a walk where I photographed these bladder campions, went to CB's concert at Blue Lake Fine arts Camp (CB is choir boy, our son, also known as PB for Piano Boy and GB for guitar boy). The concert was amazing! Fantastic. Back home again in Detroit, poor BB had to work on the car.

CB is the thin kid just to the left of the conductor. His hands are down at his side because he has memorized all the music. Smart kid. He made chamber choir, as well as the regular choir. (The photo is of chamber choir, which is smaller.)

July 10, Vacation Day 12: Whitehall

On the 12th day of our vacation, we drove from Kneff Lake to Whitehall. We took a walk in Whitehall, and I photographed some murals. Also the car, which reminded me of Detroit.

For Detroit, today, I have a picture of Woodward Ave in downtown Detroit.

I am leaving all the images small except the first to cut down on loading time for those with small connections. Click on them to see them larger.

July 9, Vacation Day 11: Trout Lake, Kneff Lake

July 9 was a travel day, lots of driving. We drove down from the UP into the Lower Penninsula, crossing the Mackinac Bridge across the straights. Before we did that, we drove through Trout Lake, where I begged BB to stop for a picture--he sat in the car while I dashed out to grab the shot. There was no one in view, but when we'd been there earlier, after Tahquamenon, the place was full of folks and Western Garb, looked like a movie setting except for all the antennae!

We camped at Kneff lake, on a steep embankment over the lake. There was a loud party below us, and when it broke up, they left their fire burning.

For Detroit, I am posting one of my own new paintings. I am, after all, a Detroit artist. :-D

Thursday, July 8, Vacation Day 10

We went to pictured rocks and took 100s of pictures! Showing one seems really sort of silly. The falls you see here is Bridal Veil Falls, and often does not flow during the summer, but we had recently had a large amount of rain.

I have had a medical procedure and am recovering, been unable to keep up the blog.

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Wednesday, July 7, Vacation day #9: Overlooked Falls

"Overlooked Falls was the name of this falls, and considering all the incredible falls in the area, I could see why it was called that. It was small and had no particularly exciting features. But we enjoyed seeing it, it was pretty in a laid-back way, and we enjoyed the hike.

The Detroit image is another mural, decrepitating, from Warren Street.

Vacation Day 8, July 6

This was maybe the highlight of the entire trip, hiking along the escarpment at Lake of the Clouds. It was incredibly beautiful. The air was so clean and it was incredibly peaceful.

And for Detroit, more cars from the car show at The Edsel and Eleanor Ford House.

I am having some fairly serious health issues. And since no one seems to come here any more, I may give up blogging entirely.

Vacation Day 7: Falls on the Presque Isle River

On July 5th, the 7th day of our vacation, we hiked the falls loop from the road bridge across the Presque Isle River to the foot bridge to the Island and up the other side past three waterfalls (twice, plus smaller falls and rapids, the wild river, wildflowers and lovely scenery. This is Manabezho Falls.



And for anyone here looking for a Detroit picture, here is an aging mural from Warren Street:



It was decorating the front of a now defunct dance club.

See five more shots and read trip log of this day here.