We recently visited Grand Haven along Lake Michigan and caught a glimpse of the southwestern Michigan city's iconic red light tower. Bone-chilling cold, winds, high snow drifts and ice made walking out the pier for a closer look that day pretty much impossible, but winter is still among my favorite times of the year to visit and photograph here.
Our most recent visit to Grand Haven (above)
Check out yesterday's story here at Midwest Guest about the Grand Haven lights and to see a few shots taken there on a busy summer day. Quite a difference, eh?
Want to learn more about Grand Haven? Check out Grand Haven (Then & Now) by Wallace K. Ewing, Elizabeth Dobbie, and the Tri-Cities Historical Museum, which has a few cool vintage shots of the Grand Haven pier lights and the old lighthouse on the bluff.
Thanks to Debbie Dubrow of Delicious Baby for creating and coordinating Photo Friday to link travel photos and blog posts across the Web.
© Dominique King 2011 All rights reserved
these photos tell all kinds of stories -- had me thinking about what it must have been ike to sail the waters in older times in winter. and today too, of course. thanks, they're lovely shots.
Posted by: Kerry Dexter | February 25, 2011 at 04:22 AM
Kerry-Seeing lighthouses in the winter always seems to bring out a better sense of the isolation keepers must have felt when living there years ago. The summer shots, especially those taken at an extremely popular spot like Grand Haven, almost seem like they're taken at a huge party!
Posted by: Dominique King | February 26, 2011 at 09:13 AM