The sunrise over Duck Lake looking from the western shore.
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This is one of the lights next to the tracks along Keating heading east out of Muskegon’s Nelson Neighborhood area.
The moon illuminates the waving flag outside of the Parmenter building in downtown Muskegon.
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Burger Shop Neon
The neon signs on a burger shop on Muskegon’s Laketon avenue.
The sunrise is reflected off the hull of a kayak heading across Muskegon County’s White Lake.
Crossing the tracks from the Lakeshore Bike Trail just above the Northern Rail Yard, this train appears much more threatening than it actually was…
Last week’s full moon brought to mind this picture from a year ago of an old farmhouse on Michillinda.
This is a little railroad bridge that can be seen from the Lakeshore Bike Trail. If you’re heading north, it’s visible as you pass over the South Branch of the Muskegon River just before you come to the B.C. Cobb plant.
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GVSU Energy Center
The storage tanks at the side of the Grand Valley Energy Center in downtown Muskegon add a lovely futuristic edge to a pretty morning’s walk.
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Predawn at Duck Lake
From the north shore of Muskegon County’s Duck Lake just before sunrise last weekend.
Chris leaves a wake while retrieving a stick during a sunrise walk this past weekend.
The gorgeous clouds are the advance team for the rain which started just a few minutes after she returned with here prize.
From a sunrise paddle on Muskegon County’s White Lake.
Michigan Steel windows as seen from an early morning walk along Muskegon’s Western Avenue.
The sun rises over Muskegon Lake behind Michigan Steel.
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Signs and lines
From a walk east along the train and power line break between Laketon and Sherman, this photo was taken near the intersection with Roberts Street.
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Watermark Building, August 26, 2008
Early on the morning of August 26, 2008, an open door at the Watermark helps to cool the interior of the work area.
The nearly full moon illuminates the Lakeshore Bike Trail in Muskegon early on the morning of August 18, 2008.
As is normal for our weekend mornings, Chris once again decided that life is far too short to spend too much time getting too much sleep – especially if there is a possibility that someone might be irritated and irrigated into taking her out for a hike.
With the (very) early start, we made it to the big lake in time to catch the setting of last night’s beautiful full moon.
Don’t let those small speckles in the photo trick you into cleaning either your glasses or your monitor. They are the navigation lights of just a few of the many boats fishing off the channel this morning. So many, in fact, that it seemed as if the stars were testing the startling new concept of shining both above and below the horizon.
And not all of the fishing action was off-shore. While the boaters were out chasing their salmon, both the north and south walls of the channel were filled with anglers hoping to add perch onto tonight’s menu.
If you walk the beach even occasionally, you realize that this size of crowd isn’t normal, but then neither are the number of perch. The schools are so inordinately large that most of the fishermen are simply doing a quick visual reconnaissance over the wall before dropping their lines right into the middle of a lot of fish. Not quite as easy as dragging them from a barrel, but it could be worse!
Lest anyone think that this sums up the pre-dawn (!) action, at this same time, on the eastern end of the wall, the crew of the dredging ship, Carol Ann, was heading out. Their work is the reason for the large black pipe that you will find stretched across the south wall. It will be moving sand from the bottom of the waterway onto the beach.
Chris was surprisingly unimpressed by all the early AM activity and insisted on heading home for breakfast. Said insistence being equivalent to a wave insisting on going ashore, we departed. Shortly after leaving the channel, the sun finally showed up and seemed no more moved than Chris by all of the action.
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Water Tower, August 8, 2008
Sunrise casts an interesting light on the Muskegon water tower at Forest and Superior early on the morning of August 8, 2008
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Sailboat on Mooring, August 1, 2008
A sailboat tied to its mooring can early on the morning of August 1, 2008.
While the sailors are still out in force, the gas prices have really cut into the powerboat traffic. Even on the prettiest summer days the decline from last year is dramatic.
Given how many powerboats are in the local marinas, you wonder if we aren’t seeing the same phenomenon that the New York Times recently addressed. That no matter what the cost of fuel may be, boats are a very low-cost alternative to a summer home…
… Diana Dayrit and Jon Magel of Brooklyn have found a relatively low-cost getaway, a boat at a marina in Montauk, N.Y. If you think about the price of waterfront property, and then think about boat prices and marina fees, a boat can make a lot of sense for people who don’t mind bumping into each other in close quarters.
“We’ve always loved Montauk,” Ms. Dayrit said. “But because property is so expensive out there, we could never afford to buy a house. With a boat, we’re able to have not only a home but a portable hotel that we can travel with as well.”
The couple keep their boat — a 31-foot Chaparral that can sleep four in two double berths — at a small, friendly marina with full services, including utilities and winter storage, for about $6,500 a year. “Our slip neighbors have been in their spots for over 30 years,” said Ms. Dayrit, who is spending her third summer at Montauk, on the eastern end of Long Island. “It’s a blast listening to their stories, meeting their families and just sharing in the pleasantries that marina living brings.”