We arrived in Michigan the first week of August, during a heat wave. For the first few days, we rested and caught up with a few people, and went to church with my mom. Then, on Monday, we were ready to do something else. The heat wave had broken, and it was somewhat overcast that day, so we decided it was a good time to go to Silver Lake and show the children the sand dunes. We took two of my nephews along, and the children had great fun!
First glimpse of the dunes across Silver Lake. I’ve always loved this view!
Starting up to the top! This is a very steep climb, but the sand feels very nice between your toes. I had forgotten how fine and soft it is–such a contrast to our coarse sand here in New Zealand. When we came back down later, Gayle and I were about halfway down when the children reached the bottom. They turned around and raced back up so they could run down again! I took a video of that as they came towards me, but since it includes my nephews I can’t post it here.
At the top of the dunes. I always feel like I’m in the Sahara Desert when I get up there!
All the children had great fun jumping from the top of the ridge of sand and rolling down to the valley. We had great fun watching them!
After we played on the dunes for awhile, we went around to Little Sable Point lighthouse. I didn’t get a picture of the outside of it this time, but took these pictures from the top. If you go to this post from several years ago you can see the outside.
That was a fun afternoon!
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