The Beauty Of Lake Michigan by elfin14doaks
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I could sit by the shore of Lake Michigan all day. Moving to Oshkosh from Kenosha I miss the lake I could sit by the lake all day. I have on more then one occasion sat on the rocks by the shore for the whole day. When we lived in Kenosha one of my kids favorite weekend play spots in the summer was Simmons Island, and their second favorite was Kennedy Park. Both right on the lake front. Sometimes I miss the Lake itself. I don't miss Kenosha. I think that's why I love Lake Winnebago, it reminds me of Lake Michigan which however is much deeper and the boats are bigger. They even have ships out there on Lake Michigan. In fact there is a Navy Base right in between Chicago and Kenosha called Great Lakes Navy Base. My dad was stationed there, just about the time I was thought of LOL. I was born in Laguna Beach California, always by water.
If you look to the left in the photo, you can see a lighthouse too.
Have a great night.
Thank you for looking.
Peace and love,
Cheri
Comments (21)
elfin12u
Wow!! I didn't realize how windy it was on Saturday until seeing this, those sails are full! I really like how the camera caught the reflection of the blue sky in the water, Lake Michigan doesn't usually appear so inviting. This shot almost makes it all look like a paradise. I'm not sure which I enjoyed more, the walk along the lakefront, or the trek to Grant Park. The lakefront certainly had it's visual appeal, but the walk to the park offered more opportunity for the senseless rambling banter which I so love, interrupted only briefly when the geese performed a strafing run, missing Marilyn by mere centimeters. I never realized that geese poo was green. Nice capture sweetie, love the big one!!
clbsmiley
Great shot..I remember seeing that when I went to visit Grandma a long time ago. Photographs and memories.
goodoleboy
Stellar photograph of good old Lake Michigan and its occupants, Cheri! Quite an array of vessels out there, plying their way across the water. The lake is so vast, it looks exactly liked an ocean. And you were born in beautiful Laguna Beach, not too far from my habitat.
bmac62
The huge sailboat with at least four main masts is amazing...I don't think I've ever seen so much sail and it looks like only about half the sails are up. I am with you...could sit and while away hours on the shore.
myrrhluz
Beautiful shot! Love all the sails!
auntietk
This was such a beautiful place. I agree ... it would have been easy to just hang out there all day long! Of course we would have missed all the brides at the fountain ... but that waterfront park was gorgeous! Tell Dave geese eat grass, hence the colored poo. Marilyn said it was so close she could hear it whistling past her ears as it went by!
MrsLubner
I have a ship's clock saved from a freighter that went down in Lake Michigan. A family friend worked the engine room when it blew and caught fire. He died but they presented the clock to his wife who gave it to my family - it hurt her too much to look at it. I love this lake, as I love all the Great Lakes. I lived 2 blocks from Lake Erie. :-)
beachzz
LOL, I'll never look at a goose quite the same--that was WAY too close!! This was such a beautiful day--I couldn't get enough of this view--you caught it so well!!
Alz2008
Wonderful capture..
pops
What a goreous capture
Alex_Antonov
Excellent!
flavia49
wonderful landscape!
chasfh
Lovely! I need a holiday:-)
jendellas
I can understand why you love it so much, it is beautiful.
durleybeachbum
What a sight!
orig_buggy
the ship with lots of sails caught my eye!!
Nickieboy2004
Lovely!
moni2000
Wonderful landscape!
debbielove
I'm with Bill... thats a really cool looking sail boat with the four masts! Impressive.. A stunner of a picture! Rob.
anahata.c
lol on Dave & the geese (and I'm impressed that he knows boats so well!), and at Marilyn too, and tara for explaining the composition of goose excrement! (You don't get that kind of background too often!) (And btw: I talked to a biologist, and bananas are herbs AND fruits. Ha! I was half right. The banana is the fruit of an herb plant...That upset me greatly & I'll probably never eat a banana again. I'm going into rehab next week...) Anyway, another fine shot, Cheri. If I can get technical, your proportions—of water to sky—are very fine, keeping the old "rule of threes" alive, and very intuitively too: Ie, about 1/3 water & 2/3 sky. Just a pleasing and organic proportion. More importantly, it's big & peaceful & so true to a Lake shot. And yes I can see the ol' lighthouse: I knew someone who stayed out there & said the view was beautiful. (Wouldn't it be nice to photograph Chicago from there?) I remember Kenosha very vaguely, and remember Simmons Island & Kennedy Park, both in the central district if I recall: So you're an old Lake Michigan pro! (And it's nice that Kenosha preserved its lakefront with those tracts of land.) And you came from Laguna Beach? Then you knew the ocean! Well as Tara & Marilyn said, "there are no tides here!" Very nice shot, and you'd never know that we were surrounded by park, people & huge buildings. It's just a spacious capture of the lake on a very clear day...
Buffalo1
You can't beat da lake in summer, even though Chicago didn't get much in the way of heat this year. This view shows how striking the inland seas are. I grew up just a few block from the lake on the far Southside and it draws people to it in any season, even if it is frozen over in winter. As to the big ships, they come in from all over the world. My Dad worked on the steel mill docks unloading the bulk carriers carrying pig iron.