This low pressure system has been swirling in the Lake Superior region for a few days. However, yesterday morning we had an hour or so of blue sky before the lake effect machine cranked up again to generate clouds and rain. Although it was a bit breezy, the winds had calmed down considerably with sustains speeds 10-20 mph. Last night and this morning, we are again having gusts near 50 mph with considerable lake effect rain. I won't be hiking today, unfortunately.
The high winds this past few days have done some carving in the dunes. Notice the horizontal ridges in the picture below.
Friend, Jill, and I bushwhacked up into the dunes from the Masse Homestead Trail and then hiked straight north to the bluff of the Grand Sable Dunes. Here is a shot looking east. What a beautiful gem of a morning it was.
Here are typical and repetitive shots looking west. Although I take some of the same pictures over and over -- each set of circumstances are different for each shot. The sun angle, wave heights, foliage color, etc. change each time. Plus, since I have to take pictures for the blog (which I love doing), I have to document the subject matter at hand.
We came across yet another telegraph pole left over from 100 years ago. You can see two notches that held the wires on the bottom right side of the pole.
I had to capture the unusual carnelian cloud bottoms overlooking Grand Marais.
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