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| Afternoon sunset |
On Thursday January 24, 2013, I went on a small road trip to
the lighthouse on Lake Michigan with my niece.
It is less than a one-hour drive, however, the amount of snow on the ground there
with the winds coming off Lake Michigan was a
huge difference compared to here.
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| Frozen railing |
The beauty of the ice on the pier, the railing, the ice
covered light on the end of the southern pier as well as the ice covered
lighthouse on the northern pier was a site to see.
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| Water splashing |
It is awesome to see the flowing water as it splashes up against
a frozen chunk making it even larger each time it hits and freezes. Also amazing
is watching the ice bob up and down when the waves come in. If it had not been for
the cold temperatures, I could have sat down and watched that for quite some
time. However, the pier being snow and ice covered was not inviting to my butt.
It was not the type of weather, where you set on the pier, dangling your legs and
put your feet in the water.
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| Crazy kayaker |
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| Isn't it angelic looking? |
One kayaker did not view the cold water in the manner I did,
as he was out there paddling his kayak around in the freezing water. At one
point he perched himself on a big chuck of ice, at first I thought he was there
inviting me to take his picture but then realized he was taking a moment for a
photo op of the ice covered lighthouse. He was definitely going to get a
different vantage point from all the others we saw that day.
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| Ice covered Lighthouse. |
If you get an opportunity to take a road trip this
winter viewing the Icy Lighthouse on the St. Joseph River/Lake Michigan, in St. Joseph Michigan is
beautiful.
