The rough draft of the trip was to drive from Illinois to Ohio, which was to take about 5 hours. We were meeting some folks I had become friends with, via the world wide web, on a nature photo site I have belonged to for a few years. The neat thing about the site was the friends I have made, so meeting them in person was a thrill. More on them in the coming posts...
Our first stop on the trip was the Indiana Dunes. I had been there as a child, but remember very little. This place was interesting. The sand was everywhere...
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They call this "hill" Devils Slide.
We walked the beach looking for shorebirds, but found only seagulls. Chicago's skyline is in the horizon.
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The water wasn't as pretty as I expected, but... we visited many "Dunes" and found much prettier the more north we went up Lake Michigans banks. More on that later...
We drove until we hit Ohio and found a Hotel. We were to meet our friends at 9:30 in the morning at Marblehead Lighthouse. "Jack" is a lighthouse connaiseur and this particular one is his favorite. It was the perfect place to meet.
Note: Pictures to be posted on Friday. Why not tomorrow? I've got Cubs tickets for thursdays game! Sorry! Why not prepost?
Quality, my friends...Haste makes... well, crappy posts.
3 comments:
Very cool, to meet up with www friends - we had hoped to do that on this FL trip, but got behind and had to miss out.
Those dunes are something else!
How fun to meet your blogger friends - there are so many nice people out there! Your dune photo was postcard perfect!
I have to say it agan.. I just love this banner with the geese flying over the water!! I wouldn't want to walk in those dunes, my legs are getting tired thinking of it!! Nice photos.
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