Hoisting headsails aboard the Madeline. off the Leelanau Peninsula.

 Sailing in a gentle breeze, West Grand Traverse Bay between Leelanau and the Old Mission Penisula.

Madeline's jib boom, with passengers
enjoying the ride over the bow wave.

Madeline's foremast.

 Madeline docked in Heritage Harbor.

Northern Michigan – Land of Waters

The Sleeping Bear Dunes with the Empire Bluffs
in the background.

 
 The back side of the dunes and Little Glen Lake.

Beach in Fisherman's Island State Park near Charlevoix.

Old Mission Lighthouse. Michigan has 138 lighthouses and lots of museum lighthouses.

 
On the way to Michigan's Upper Penisula, aka "da UP":
the Mighty Mac, the bridge that connects the Lower and
the Upper Peninsula across the Straits of Mackinac
between Lake Michigan and Lake Huron.

Sunsets in the Great Lakes area have their very special charm,
partly because of the ubiquitous water but also because of often spectacular clouds.

Sunset in the Les Chenaux Islands area at the tip of the Upper Peninsula, just a few miles from the Canadian border on Lake Huron.

Sunset over East Grand Traverse Bay near Elk Rapids on Lake Michigan.

Sunset in Suttons Bay, seen from South Shore Drive.

Ten minutes later and just a few steps more north...