This first picture, taken in June, is of the Little Bay de Noc public access site on Delta County Road 515 where I drove on Lake Michigan in January. The snow was really deep and I was only able to go out about half a mile or so, but I had been told that my car might not be able to handle it and it did. Hah! The second picture is a view of Lake Michigan shortly before nightfall, from the public beach in Escanaba. |
Having never been to this area of the state before (the South Central region of the U.P.), I landed just outside of Escanaba in August 2000 due to my original getaway plans being thrown waaaay off. I ended up falling in love with the land, the sky, the water, and the endless backwoods roads so I stayed for my remaining 3 days away from home. |
I will never forget the quiet hours I spent on the couch in my motel room just staring out across Lake Michigan. During those three days I experienced the most amazing sense of peacefulness that I'd ever known. It was a feeling I yearned to keep hold of. The morning I left for my journey back home I took one last wistful look at the lake and I knew I would have to return to this place as soon as I was able to. On October 21st, two months to the day of my first arrival here, I moved 450 miles from the Metro Detroit Area to Escanaba :o) I am in constant awe at the vast, wondrous beauty that I am now surrounded by so I decided to try and capture some of it to share with family and friends.... |
Fluffy clouds, the Escanaba River Hydro, a sunset opposite the Escanaba beach, woods off of Delta County Road 503, and trees reflected in a puddle on Federal Forest Hwy 2235. |
While driving down Delta County Road 420 I caught a glimpse of this amazing cross sculpture and had to stop to get a closer look. Birds in the sky, flowers on land, fish under the sea.... It's one of the most beautifully symbolic works of art that I've ever seen. I am particularly curious about the opposing symbols on each side of the cross (they're the exact same shape, inverted). I view them as being representative of human males and females, but they also look somewhat astrological in nature. Hmmmm... I am completely captivated by it! |
This picture was taken a little further down the road at a public access site. I've spent a few hours here reading and staring and listening. Very peaceful. |
The last picture of this section was taken several miles further down County Rd. 420 at another, very secluded, public access site on the Escanaba River that I was very pleased to discover. Nearby is a small farm with a few buffalo that I'd hoped to get a shot of, but the day I took this drive it had been raining and the buffalo were not to be found. |