The Dunes at Silver Lake

The Dunes at Silver Lake
June 13-15, 2003

Just two days before my arrival, I'd never heard of Silver Lake, but due to a strange sequence of coincidences, I ended up in just that place, and now I'll never forget it. It was one of those trips where everything just happened to fall perfectly in place. I got in late Friday night and crashed at the Sierra Sands Motel. Saturday, I started out bright and early with a "Scooter" tour of the amazing sand dunes. After that, I hiked the dunes for a couple of hours from Silver Lake to Lake Michigan, then headed back to the lake to check out the dunes waterside on a WaveRunner. Next, I headed down to Little Sable Point Lighthouse, the tallest lighthouse on Lake Michigan, and wandered around the beach for a while before heading back to the dunes for sunset. Sunday, I grabbed a dune buggy for a couple hours and took it out on the dunes for some high-octane-adrenaline-pumping adventure. Check out the pics below--

Our jeep enters the park
(What a great name for a bridge)

Hiking on the dunes along Silver Lake

Racing around the lake

Little Sable Point Lighthouse

The sun sets behind the dunes

Getting ready to boogie

Shot of the dunes from my dune buggy

It's not over yet.
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