It's Saturday, July 9 and we attended a continental breakfast in the Main Clubhouse hosted by the campground. The pastries were from a local bakery and to-die-for, plus we met some of our fellow RV-ers. Afterward, we were off to discover Sleeping Bear Dunes, which has been designated a National Lakeshore by the National Park Service and flows along the Western shore of Lake Michigan. It is a must-see if you are traveling in this area. After checking in at the Visitor's Center and getting our National Park Passport stamped, we stopped downtown for lunch at Joe's Friendly Tavern where we had some great Clam Chowder...in MI no less!
Our first stop was Glen Lake which reaches a depth of 130 feet in places and only 12 feet deep in others. It is amazing to me how the color of the water changes so dramatically with the depth of the lake. It's like someone drew a straight line between the depths.
Next stop is the Dune Overlook aka The Dune Climb which is a 110 foot high sand dune and a whopping 3 mile hike from the lake to the top of the sand dune. You can see from the pictures that it is an almost vertical climb. These pictures were taken from the overlook and the people look like ants, which tells you just how big this dune is. Kids were having a ball!
Our next stop was Lake Michigan Overlook which stands about 450 feet above the lake. We were told that this is one of the most magnificent views in all of Sleeping Bear Dunes.
After leaving Sleeping Bear Dunes, we headed over to the quaint little artsy-fartsy town of Glen Arbor. The population is 229 and it boasts 8 art galleries and 3 yarn shops. Naturally, I was in hog heaven. Visited 6 of 8 art galleries and 1 yarn shop. What a glorious little town...love, love, love it. My favorite gallery is Imagine That where I bought a special gift for a special friend. Met a very nice lady, Mary, at The Yarn Shop. I could have sat and talked with her for hours. I couldn't resist purchasing some yarn and a pattern from her.
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| The Yarn Shop |
George is bored silly by now so we headed back home but not without a stop at our favorite restaurant, West End Tavern, where we had drinks and an artisan pizza and enjoyed the beautiful scenery of the harbor.
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| West End Tavern |
Once home, we both took a power nap before heading down to the National Cherry Festival to watch the fireworks. Glad we made the effort to do this as the fireworks would put Disney to shame. Got home about midnight, exhausted!
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