Saturday 5/17/2014
After our night at the Wal-Mart in Tawas City,we continued north on Hwy. 23. You pretty much follow the lakeshore from Tawas City. |
At Harrisville the highway pulls away from the lakeshore. At this point we also got a little rain. |
About 20 miles south of Alpena the flat terrain turned to hills. |
We were told on the phone that the park had open just 2 days prior. No one would be at the gate house, and we were to self register and find a spot. |
The park does not have sewer hook ups, so we only planned on staying 2 days. There were only 3 other RV's in the park. |
The next day we drove back down Hwy 23 for 23 miles to see the Sturgeon Point Lighthouse. |
The lighthouse was established to warn mariners off a reef that extends 1.5 miles lakeward from Sturgeon Point. It is today regarded as a historic example of a Cape Cod style Great Lakes lighthouse. |
Joe checking out an old wood boat. |
Mallery wanted me to show you how big this anchor was compared to her! |
This metal boat was built in 1906 in New York. |
We walked out to Lake Huron, and I pick up a Lake Huron rock to go with all my rocks from all around the USA. |
Looking south. We have yet to see Lake Huron in the sunlight. |
Looking to the north you can see the Sturgeon Point sand bar that goes lakeward. The lighthouse warns of the reef that goes 1.5 miles out below the water. |
The lighthouse was built in 1869. |
We saw a couple of these stone homes close by the lighthouse. |
We guess they were built using stone from Lake Huron. |
This house may have been added on to the stone part in later years. The stone part has been maintain so well! |
Across the street from Babe and Blue Ox was a Lumber Yard and building supply store, which was fitting for Babe the Lumber Jack. |
Never guess what is hanging from this tree. |
Pairs of tennis shoes hanging from a tree on Hwy 23 just south of Alpena. |
About two miles from the city limits of Alpena we cross then 45th parallel halfway between the North Pole and the Equator. |
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