May 27, 2008 Silver Lake, Michigan
Today we did indeed wake up to freezing temperatures. I am not certain that Bruce got much sleep last night, worried about pipes freezing in our trailer. He did leave a small drip to flow into a sink overnight, so all was fine in the morning. The morning walk with Maizy was brisk and even she seemed to have a sense of urgency in her pace…like, "get me back inside!" I was happy to oblige.
The winds howled across the dunes most of the day. We were hopeful in getting out on the dunes for a ride. We finally headed towards the small town and realized that until school ends for the kids, summer does not begin until then. Most all of the businesses only operate on weekends until summer. The dune buggy rides had been cancelled because of the high winds. The owner said that it was too dangerous to have sand flying both at the vehicles and at the occupants. He also told us that some of the homes near the dunes had actually been buried over the years by the creeping sand. We drove around the community and could actually see what he was talking about.
We did get to visit the town of Pentwater, which sits on the banks of Lake Michigan. It has a large inlet that allows people to get their boats onto the lake from small lakes and canals that border the community. By the number of cute shops and cottages, it must be a booming place in the summer.
The winds howled across the dunes most of the day. We were hopeful in getting out on the dunes for a ride. We finally headed towards the small town and realized that until school ends for the kids, summer does not begin until then. Most all of the businesses only operate on weekends until summer. The dune buggy rides had been cancelled because of the high winds. The owner said that it was too dangerous to have sand flying both at the vehicles and at the occupants. He also told us that some of the homes near the dunes had actually been buried over the years by the creeping sand. We drove around the community and could actually see what he was talking about.
We did get to visit the town of Pentwater, which sits on the banks of Lake Michigan. It has a large inlet that allows people to get their boats onto the lake from small lakes and canals that border the community. By the number of cute shops and cottages, it must be a booming place in the summer.
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| Pier Rebar |
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| Sea grass plants to help slow the creeping sand |
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