We didn't go in, but I just loved how bright this door was! What a great sign!
Showing posts with label Ludington. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ludington. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Only one
Things are super crazy around the house this week. Tomorrow we are leaving for a weeks stay in Cape Canaveral, Florida! We are so excited we can hardly contain it! There is only one photo to share tonight:
We didn't go in, but I just loved how bright this door was! What a great sign!
We didn't go in, but I just loved how bright this door was! What a great sign!
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Here we go for Sunday night I have a couple more photos from Ludington for everyone.
These are some night photos
This is the sunset, and as we were watching it go down, I was wishing I had went out on the pier for better photos:
After the sun was finally down this is what was left:
Everything was so calm and the temperature was perfect that night. The sky was beautiful. The Badger had come in and it was all lit up reflecting off the smooth water. The badger is a car hauler that goes from Ludington to Milwaukee, in the summer it makes two trips across but it was down to just one trip a day on this last trip over labor day weekend.
These are some night photos
This is the sunset, and as we were watching it go down, I was wishing I had went out on the pier for better photos:
After the sun was finally down this is what was left:
Everything was so calm and the temperature was perfect that night. The sky was beautiful. The Badger had come in and it was all lit up reflecting off the smooth water. The badger is a car hauler that goes from Ludington to Milwaukee, in the summer it makes two trips across but it was down to just one trip a day on this last trip over labor day weekend.
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Inverting....
This was a shot of a rubber band laying on the cement shaped like a heart. Of course I had to take a picture of it. Then I inverted it and he is the result:
This one can be purchased at:http://shortgirlnextdoor.deviantart.com/
These two are from the last Ludington trip.
This one I liked because as we were walking around the park, I seen that he had a tiny little dog and he was just sitting on the bench. You can see from my view point here, I can't see much about him or the dog. When we got down by him, his dog was a chihauhau with her nails painted pink! When we said how cute, he said "I had nothing to do with that!" Of course not! Your wife/girlfriend just makes you walk her! My husband has to do the same thing with my lil Loula!
This shot was taken as we were walking around the Municipal marina, the water was so calm and the sun so bright and HOT!
We were on our way back to the marina we were staying at after walking to the fanciest restaurant in Ludington, the kind you have to have reservations for, where we ordered only soup! They may not have been extremely happy about the large group whom most of which were drinking, all ordering soup, but let me tell you, the crab bisque at this place is not only worth the walk, but worth making a few people mad! Needless to say, if your in Ludington, find out what the restaurant is called because I don't know the name, and have the crab bisque!
This one can be purchased at:http://shortgirlnextdoor.deviantart.com/
These two are from the last Ludington trip.
This one I liked because as we were walking around the park, I seen that he had a tiny little dog and he was just sitting on the bench. You can see from my view point here, I can't see much about him or the dog. When we got down by him, his dog was a chihauhau with her nails painted pink! When we said how cute, he said "I had nothing to do with that!" Of course not! Your wife/girlfriend just makes you walk her! My husband has to do the same thing with my lil Loula!
This shot was taken as we were walking around the Municipal marina, the water was so calm and the sun so bright and HOT!
We were on our way back to the marina we were staying at after walking to the fanciest restaurant in Ludington, the kind you have to have reservations for, where we ordered only soup! They may not have been extremely happy about the large group whom most of which were drinking, all ordering soup, but let me tell you, the crab bisque at this place is not only worth the walk, but worth making a few people mad! Needless to say, if your in Ludington, find out what the restaurant is called because I don't know the name, and have the crab bisque!
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Ludington
Last time I was here, I described our trip to Ludington. Here is some of the stuff we seen while we were away.
This is the Ludington lighthouse that I made look like an old photograph.
Here is a HDR version:
Ofcourse we seen way more than this light house, but something that was really cool about this light house was we actually got to go into it
We walked all the way out the break wall and there was a sign that said adults $3 and Children $1. This is the first one we have gotten to go into. Of course it's only the second light house that we have walked too.
So here is the light house up close:
When you walk through the door, there isn't much to look at. The "volunteers" have set up a table and spot for little souvenirs, they take your money which goes toward the up keep of the light house and what not, and they tell you some stories about it, and about how you yourself can be a "volunteer" and you can stay in the lighthouse for a weekend. I couldn't imagine staying in it, but I am sure it would be an experience! There really isn't much inside to see, and as you go up the space shrinks!
Here is a couple of shots that show the view from the top floor. There was four people and a dog up there, and I squeezed up there for a minute and that really took away from the elbow room! I say a second because I am terrified of heights, but I am trying to over come it, at least for photo ops!
This is what it looks like looking up! If you look closely you can see my famous dog! She is in the bag and famous because she got to go all the way up into the lighthouse. We took her out on the walk with us so she could get out for a bit and get some exercise, but when we were on the break wall there wasn't enough room to let her walk on the leash so we put her in my bag, she never complained!
This would be the third floor. This is the floor where the bell or whistle is blown. The signs there talk about how loud it is. There wasn't much inside to photograph, but this gives you a slight idea. Here is looking out the window of the third floor.
Here is the second floor, not much going on here:
This is the Ludington lighthouse that I made look like an old photograph.
Here is a HDR version:
Ofcourse we seen way more than this light house, but something that was really cool about this light house was we actually got to go into it
We walked all the way out the break wall and there was a sign that said adults $3 and Children $1. This is the first one we have gotten to go into. Of course it's only the second light house that we have walked too.
So here is the light house up close:
When you walk through the door, there isn't much to look at. The "volunteers" have set up a table and spot for little souvenirs, they take your money which goes toward the up keep of the light house and what not, and they tell you some stories about it, and about how you yourself can be a "volunteer" and you can stay in the lighthouse for a weekend. I couldn't imagine staying in it, but I am sure it would be an experience! There really isn't much inside to see, and as you go up the space shrinks!
Here is a couple of shots that show the view from the top floor. There was four people and a dog up there, and I squeezed up there for a minute and that really took away from the elbow room! I say a second because I am terrified of heights, but I am trying to over come it, at least for photo ops!
This is what it looks like looking up! If you look closely you can see my famous dog! She is in the bag and famous because she got to go all the way up into the lighthouse. We took her out on the walk with us so she could get out for a bit and get some exercise, but when we were on the break wall there wasn't enough room to let her walk on the leash so we put her in my bag, she never complained!
This would be the third floor. This is the floor where the bell or whistle is blown. The signs there talk about how loud it is. There wasn't much inside to photograph, but this gives you a slight idea. Here is looking out the window of the third floor.
Here is the second floor, not much going on here:
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
The boat trip
Last Thursday, would have been the 23rd of July, we packed our boat full and waited for the morning to arrive. Rather early, we unhooked all the lines and shoved off for our very first boat trip away from our marina. We were heading for Ludington, 56 miles north of Grand Haven on a very smooth and calm Lake Michigan! This is Sarah and Harlins boat on the way to Ludington. Gives you an idea of how calm the water was.
That is the sand dunes behind them. Silver Lake Sand Dunes to be exact.
This is their boat again, and we are actually leaving Ludington and that's the light house we got to go up into, but more on that later.
While we were gone, I took over 400 photos and that's just with my big camera. For now all I have is boat photos, from the ride there and the ride back. We started to head home on Sunday, but we were facing five footers that we heard turned into eight footers (waves) so we turned into port at Pentwater. We had a lot of fun there, even though I complained a bit about the lack of luxury! It wasn't so bad and we had tons of fun in the one night we were there. The town was adorable and had tons of shopping. We left out of Pentwater at 7:30 because we wanted to beat the waves that were going to build, and the waterway would be shut down at 1:00 in Grand Haven for the Coast Guard Fest that would start last weekend!
So here is Rick and Kim on the way home! It was a very nice ride home, we were so glad we waited until Monday.
Here is Tu Dogs, Herb and Kathy, also on the way home. This was such a nice trip we can't wait to do it again. There is plenty more to talk about, as I said earlier, I took over 400 photos on this trip! More Later!
That is the sand dunes behind them. Silver Lake Sand Dunes to be exact.
This is their boat again, and we are actually leaving Ludington and that's the light house we got to go up into, but more on that later.
While we were gone, I took over 400 photos and that's just with my big camera. For now all I have is boat photos, from the ride there and the ride back. We started to head home on Sunday, but we were facing five footers that we heard turned into eight footers (waves) so we turned into port at Pentwater. We had a lot of fun there, even though I complained a bit about the lack of luxury! It wasn't so bad and we had tons of fun in the one night we were there. The town was adorable and had tons of shopping. We left out of Pentwater at 7:30 because we wanted to beat the waves that were going to build, and the waterway would be shut down at 1:00 in Grand Haven for the Coast Guard Fest that would start last weekend!
So here is Rick and Kim on the way home! It was a very nice ride home, we were so glad we waited until Monday.
Here is Tu Dogs, Herb and Kathy, also on the way home. This was such a nice trip we can't wait to do it again. There is plenty more to talk about, as I said earlier, I took over 400 photos on this trip! More Later!
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