Sleeping Bear Dunes
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Michigan 23 August 2016 Sleeping Bear Dunes lies on the western side of Michigan next to Michigan Lake and comprises of three areas, like it was an afterthought and they couldn't get all the land. The national parks campgrounds were fully booked out so I found a county campground in Empire that had sites nestled under the pine trees, it was so private we didn’t think there was anyone else there besides our immediate neighbour. Lake Michigan We got some ideas from the park visitor centre and our camp host as to the must do’s in the park. Most of the dunes are covered in vegetation The one way Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive has a number of spots to stop on the way, but really it’s nothing special and by the time we got to stop number 9, Lindsay didn’t want to stop any more. It turned out to be the main stop of course and we had to go back and do it again. Number 9 is the very steep sand dune that goes down to the water. There is...