Lighthouse Cruise 9/1/2012
We took a delightful tour on Shepler's ship (ferry) The Hope on Labor Day weekend. The cruise was co-sponsored by Shepler's and the Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association. Our guides were Terry Pepper and Dick Moehl of the GLLKA. Besides the lights shown here, the tour took us near Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse. Not near enough, though; I wasn't satisfied with my photographs. This tour was m…
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The Mackinac Straits Bridge
Classic shot of the Straits Bridge.
This lighthouse cruise took us fairly near Mackinac Point Lighthouse, but not near enough for me to get a usable photograph.
The Mackinac Straits Bridge
Beneath the bridge, north toward Saint Ignace. Shot from Shepler's ship The Hope on their Eastern Straits Lighthouse Cruise, which mostly viewed the Cheboygan area lights.
Somewhere in Time
Mackinac Island's Grand Hotel from Shepler's The Hope , early in the lighthouse cruise.
Reported to be the World's Longest Porch. I'm not going to argue.
I've been trying to get this shot for years. Success! (Score +1 for the V1.)
Round Island Light
The pretty lighthouse on an island just outside Mackinac Island's harbor.
Round Island Passage Light
Marking the channel that runs between Mackinac and Round Islands.
The birds are cormorants.
The Bois Blanc Lights
Old and new lights on Bois Blanc (Bob Lo) Island in the Mackinac Straits (or Lake Huron); that's Mackinac Island on the horizon.
Terry Pepper tells a great tale about visiting this island and finding the lighthouse. You gotta hear it. Take the cruise....
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