Joel Dinda's photos with the keyword: mackinac straits

Marking the channel that runs between Mackinac and Round Islands. The birds are cormorants.

The pretty lighthouse on an island just outside Mackinac Island's harbor.

Horseshoe Bay trail, Foley Creek campground, near St. Ignace, Michigan.

The Mackinac Straits weather on Labor Day weekend was unusually clear. Naturally we went to look at the bridge. Photo shot from the park by the toll booths.

And the bridge that made it obsolete. Mackinaw City, Michigan.

In fact, I've done it....

We're back! And here's where we were. On Sunday, we parked the car at Foley Creek campground and hiked to Horseshoe Bay, on Lake Huron, where we spent the afternoon sitting on the beach and reading. Unfortunately my photograph just hints at the riot of colors in the water--shades from near-black, through redish-brown and turquoise, on toward indigo. A beautiful, relaxing, wonderful day. That's Mackinac Island off toward the right, and Bois Blanc (Bob-Lo) behind it.

This container ship was launched late last year at Shanghai for the Dutch shipping firm Royal Wagenborg. The large structures on the deck are cranes. (I mention this because it's the most common question I get from nearby strangers when I'm watching ships. I presume others have the same experience.) Photo shot from Dock 3 in Saint Ignace.

Barge Lewis J. Kuber (pushed by the tall tug Olive L. Moore) headed westbound past the eastbound laker Joseph L. Block. Just east of the Mackinac Straits Bridge; shot from Arnold Dock 3 park in Saint Ignace.