State Park 10/29/12

We went out to the state park again on P-Day last week and took the elders with us.  It was fun.
We saw some deer, about 10 feet away.  They didn't seem to mind the cameras.

It was cold.

The elders took this one.  This is Hamlin Lake.

And what is a P-Day without pictures of Lake Michigan?  It was pretty calm.

I love the sand dunes.

It was a gorgeous day, just cold.

We have been to the lake in town several times when the wind was blowing hard, but I never had my camera.  The water would be splashing up HIGHER than the lighthouse.  It is amazing to see.  Our work is going well.  It's not all fun and games :)  We are meeting and visiting with a lot of really nice people.  I thought it would snow yesterday for sure, but it never did.  This is a great mission!  We've already been invited to members' homes for Thanksgiving AND Christmas.  Tonight we're visiting a sister who is having several people over to play cards.  I'll try to write and post more pictures more often. 

Catching Up

It's been a few weeks, so I just thought I would catch up on our goings ons.  I have a lot more pictures to show.  AND, I saw my first bald eagle today!  I tried to take a picture of it, but you can barely see it.  I just happened to look up and saw this large black bird flying, except it had a WHITE head!  I was so excited.

You really need to click on the picture to see it.  Sorry.  But it was really pretty.

These are more pictures of the colors.  I took these a few weeks ago.

They were taken at a lake in Hart, about 30 minutes away.

And then this is one I took today at the same spot - just to see the difference.

That's all I can do for now because I don't know how to add more pictures.  The same ones keep coming up.  So I'll publish this and start another one.

Apartments and Colors

On Thursday we took our cameras on our morning walk around our apartment complex.  Just thought I would share some of the colors.  This first two are pictures of puddles with the trees reflected.  You need to click on the picture to see it better. 

This is what the apartments look like.  It's a nice complex.

This is the playground.  They have a fire pit in the middle of these red chairs and wood stacked up.

Some of the colors.

Some more.

I really liked this tree.  Half of the leaves were green and half were red, all mixed in together.  No in between colors.

This dog park is larger than the children's playground :)

This morning we tried to walk, but the wind was blowing, and I couldn't see for my watering eyes, plus I was FREEZING, so we cut our walk short.  Portends of things to come.

P-Day October 1, 2012

 

Another P-Day has come and almost gone.  We went to some more beaches.  I never get tired of the water.  This first picture, though, was taken yesterday morning.  We got to church around 7:30 for Bennie's early meeting.  It was still kind of dark, and the moon was beautiful.  This doesn't really do it justice, but I like it.

 

We saw this at a summer residence on Hamlin Lake.  Hmmm, wonder where they're from?

Hamlin Lake.  This is another resort area for summer people.

It was in the paper a few weeks ago that some senators were up here fishing, including RICHARD BURR.  It was strange seeing a name we recognize in the local newspaper.

This just speaks for itself :)

Yep, already turning colors.  I thought this tree was gorgeous.

This is at a local park in Ludington.  There are several sculptures around the park.  This is titled "Follow The Leader".

More colors.  We were stopped for construction, and I took this out of the car window.

Some wildlife.  Gobble, gobble.

This is about 15 miles north of Ludington.  We were the ONLY ones here.  I just think that is so amazing, to have an entire beach all to yourself.  This is looking north.

Looking south.

Notice how calm the water is.  Last week there were white caps everywhere.  It was also kind of foggy out toward the horizon, and you couldn't really see it.

I don't know where this came from.  The log, not the cute guy :)

I liked this picture.  I'm always looking for a bald eagle.  I have yet to see one, but apparently they are around.

Another beach.  This is about 5 miles south of Ludington.

Again, NO ONE around but us.  Looking south.

Looking north.  And it was a beautiful day too.

Guy on a hill.  He's ready to go. 

So, it was a fun day.  Not as strenuous as last week.  I LOVE it up here.  The people are really nice to us.  Several families have invited us for lunch or supper since we've been here.  We're meeting a lot of different people.  Everyone should go on a mission :)

Just Some Pics

 

These are just some pictures I took yesterday.  This is a small pond in our apartment complex.  I've just never seen this sign before.

 

This is a place we went to eat lunch yesterday after our district meeting.  It is called "Country Dairy".  It is a big farm and restaurant.  This is the wagon they take groups around their pastures and do a whole "tour" of the farm.  They make their own ice cream (which is the BEST I've ever had), cheese, beef jerky, and have all kinds of meat for sale.  It's a cool place. 

This is the restaurant.  Who are those guys in white shirts?

Then last night we went to the lake to watch the sunset.  In this picture it is still in the clouds.

Still up there.

Now it's down, almost in the water.

There it goes!

It was beautiful!

Note the coat.  It is starting to get cold up here.

My favorite.

And that's it.

P-Day Adventures

 

Yesterday for our P-Day (personal day) Bennie and I went to the Ludington State Park again and hiked around.  The last time we went we stayed on the beach a lot, but this time we went to the other side of the park and hiked some trails around the river and some sand dunes.  I loved the sand dunes.  They were a lot of fun.  This first picture was just where we stopped on the way up to the park.  There were a lot of white caps on the lake. 



 

 

 

 

We had crossed over a dam and just walked along the river.  We saw several salmon swimming around.  We looked for otters but never saw any.





We found a trail called the "Skyline" trail, which was a boardwalk that went along the tops of the sand dunes.  That's Lake Michigan in the background.

Sand.  It looks like snow.  It was really hard walking up the sand hills but a lot of fun running down.

The river in the background. 

On top of a dune.

We saw a redheaded woodpecker that looked just like Woody!  Hard to see, but he is on that tree right in the middle.  You might need to click on the picture to see it better.

And we saw several deer.  This one looks a little ghostly with his bright eyes :)

It was a lot of fun but wore me out.  I felt like I had climbed Stone Mountain, which I really miss btw.  I love looking at Lake Michigan.  It is so blue.