Sleeping Bear Dunes

Good Morning America voted Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore the most beautiful place in America. Dave and Kaye came out to visit last week and we took a short camping trip to Sleeping Bear. It was cold, but we really enjoyed it. As always, Lake Michigan is beautiful.

(1 - Hannah and I hiking the dunes; 2 - Mike, Abby and Briton on the dune with Glen Lake in the background; 3 - Mike and Hannah in a boat museum; 4 - Briton helping out a ranger program demonstrating shipwreck rescues; 5 - Briton insisting on pushing Hannah in the stroller; 6-8 - It is hard to tell how high we are above the lake but the dune slopes down steeply to the lake here; 9 - Another pretty overlook; 10 - Abby at the Point Betsie lighthouse)

Have I ever mentioned that Michigan has more lighthouses than any other state?

This picture more or less shows the steep slope down to the lake from the bluff. I downloaded the picture from nps.gov and it is a winter picture. Of course, this isn't the dune you climb, but we walked along the top and looked out over the lake.