Saturday 5/10/2014
In Bay Port the road finally started to follow the water. This was a public access stop where there were a couple people fishing in Lake Huron. |
Bay Port was once known as one of the world's largest fresh water commercial fishing ports. |
As we passed through the town of Bay Port, Joe snapped this picture of the Bay Theatre. |
About 10 miles further on Hwy. 25 we stopped at the Sleepers State Park. |
We found a boardwalk to the lake. |
A few people on the beach even though it was a bit cool that day. |
I cringed when I watched this kid walk into the water. I heard him say it was excruciating. I bet, it wasn't too long ago that all the Great Lakes were frozen over. |
Joe asked if I had seen the sign about muck. What the heck is muck? And where did it come from? |
No dogs are allowed on the beach. Don't worry, we just walked Mallery on the boardwalk to get a view of the lake. Sleeper State Park also has a campground, but it wasn't opened for the season yet. |
Our drive to Port Austin was another 26 miles NE up the thumb. But at least it was along the lake shore, so it was more enjoyable. |
View of the port in Port Austin. |
We drove up the downtown area. This is an old bank turned into a restaurant in Port Austin. |
Next we found a sign pointing to the beach. We found a boardwalk along the beach. |
Another view of the port. Out in the port we could see people walking out to a point. |
View of the beach from one of the covered picnic gazebos on the boardwalk. We were looking for the lighthouse that was suppose to be in Port Austin. |
View looking west along Lake Huron shoreline. Because of the lateness of the day, we just took pictures and didn't walk out to the point, and headed home. |
All in all, the long 135 mile drive was not really worth it, but at least we know what the area looks like. |
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