Northern Lights

Ok, not the aurora borealis, but a couple of lighthouses along the Great Lakes.

This is the lighthouse at Port Huron, on--oddly enough--Lake Huron.



And this is the Port Burwell Lighthouse on Lake Erie.


DD and I met the gentleman who painted this lighthouse. He does historical restoration painting on old buildings/historic structures and has worked in several countries. We met him at the Old St. Thomas Church where he was refurbishing the doors. We had a terrific visit with him and discovered we had seen a bunch of his work around the area. (More on that in another post.)


Here's a bit of historical info on the lighthouse at Port Burwell:

Great Lakes

Four of the five Great Lakes comprising a portion of the border between the United States and Canada.

At Lake Michigan we saw the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. (It was 100*F that day.)





Then, it turned cold when we hit the shores of Lake Huron. Also, VERY windy, especially on the Canadian side which was getting the brunt of it.


(Spot the ship?)



This was our second visit to Lake Erie. (The first was ten years ago, 2001.)


The beach at Port Stanley, Ontario is wonderful! You won't even care that you got sun burned!

And finally, Lake Ontario--the most elusive of the Great Lakes for those of us living west of the Mississippi River!