We
left Buffalo and headed toward Chicago, but squeezed in two stops - lucky
that the pouring rain stopped.
The
first stop was very short. Our route through northern Indiana
skirted the edge of Michigan, so … we couldn’t
help but bop into White Pigeon, Michigan
for a letterbox.
Our
other stop for the day was Indiana Dunes, where we started by getting oriented
at the National Lakeshore’s Visitor
Center. Then we headed to
the State Park which actually has the biggest dunes. We’ve been to lots of
dunes: White Sands, Great Sand Dunes, Oregon Dunes and the Outer Banks, but
this one was different. The trails over the dunes almost seemed like any trail
in the woods except the path was sandy. It didn’t have the open feel, we’ve
experienced before.
Barbara
took the shorter trail over the 3 tallest dunes - the "Three Dune Challenge."
In
the meantime Bill took the longer trail #9 with more lake views.
He
came back via the beach trail #10 where we met.
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| Bill’s footprints |
Barbara
left something for Bill.
We
found this feather. It was yellow on the underside and black on the top. We
wonder what kind of bird had that feather.
On
the way back we went up the largest dune. Fortunately this one had stairs.
Off
next to Chicago…
