TRAVEL LOG
July 3, 2010 - Went to Detroit in the morning to see the Windmill Point Light. It was a hot day, the temperature was a high of 91. The Light is located at the Detroit Mariners Park, a few miles away from Belle Isle. There were plenty of locals fishing along the fence, that runs from the tower up the Detroit River. After that I drove to Belle Isle to see the William Livingstone Memorial Light.
June 18, 2010 - Drove to Milford for the day to take Wildlife and Landscape pictures. My first pictures that I took were of a Painted Turtle, that was standing on a log near Wild-wing Lake. Then I took pictures of a group of White Pines along the trail. On my way back to my car, I noticed a Eastern Chipmunk. (Note: I have taken trips to Milford before, but didn't bother to mention in the travel log because it is only a 35 - 40 minute drive from home).
December 12, 2009 - My Girlfriend and I went to Frankenmuth for the day and I had to photograph the covered bridge while we were there. It was a sunny day instead of cloudy like the weather forecast predicted, but I made the best of it. We both decided to try our luck and walk down the side embankment (covered with snow) along the Cass River so I could take some pictures of the bridge down there.
September 20, 21, 2008 - Day one; first we went to Ocqueoc Falls in Pres Queisle County. This is the only waterfall in the Lower peninsula. It was a sunny day and not a good day for photographing waterfalls. Next we headed over to Cheboygan to see the Old Cheboygan Lighthouse Ruins, River Range Lighthouse and the Cheboygan Crib Light. Day two; Visited the Old Mackinaw Lighthouse and then took a ferry to Mackinac Island. We were on the island for about 6 hours. From there on our way home, we stopped off in Gaylord to see the Elk.
July 4, 2008 - Drove to Port Huron area for the day. Visited the Port Huron Lightship, was able to go onboard. After that we went to the Fort Gratiot Lighthouse and took pictures. On the way home I stopped by Marine City to see the Peche Island Old Rear Range Light. It was a nice drive on M-29 along the St. Clair River.
June 14 to 18, 2008 - Went to the Upper Peninsula to photograph waterfalls and some lighthouses. Most days we visited about 4 waterfalls. After the second day of this trip I was completely exhausted. Most trails are about 1.5 miles hike one way. We visited the Black Slate falls, Lower Silver falls, Duppy falls, Hungarian falls, Jumbo falls, Wyandotte falls, Reany falls, Canyon falls, Horseshoe falls, Chapel falls, Miners falls and the Scott falls. We also visited the Big Bay Point Lighthouse, Presque Isle Harbor Light and the Marquette Harbor Lighthouse.
November 24,25, 2007 - Drove up to Rogers City to visit the Forty Mile Point Lighthouse. We then traveled south on US-23 to the Old Presque Isle Lighthouse and the New Presque Lighthouse. It was a cloudy day and there was about 2 inches of snow on the ground. On the 25th we visited the Sturgeon Point Lighthouse near Harrisville and Tawas Point Lighthouse in Tawas City.
October 2007 - Visited the Upper Peninsula with a friend for about 6 days (did not make a notation on the days we went). First we went to Munising and took the Pictured Rocks Boat Cruise. The Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore is a nice place to visit. Then we headed over to the Western Upper peninsula. We visited the Porcupine Mountains and seen the Lake in the Clouds. We also visited a number of waterfalls on this trip including; Bond falls, Agate falls, Rainbow falls, Sandstone falls, Gorge falls, Manido falls, Tahquamenon falls, and Bonanza falls.
June 6, 7, 2007 - Went to Michigan's thumb to visit lighthouses in the area. Visited the Point Aux Barques Lighthouse, Seen the Port Austin Reef Light from a distance (bad picture), Harbor Beach Light (bad picture), the Port Sanilac Lighthouse, and the Fort Gratiot Lighthouse.