When we were over in South Bend at Grant’s Grandma Marty’s (if you missed the post about visiting Grandma Thomas stop now, go read it and then resume here. Yes, that’s an order….) asked if we wanted to go check out Lake Michigan. We thought, sure, why not it’ll be cool to see it! So the three humans and one pup named Dex bundled up and went to the car!
We drove up with Grant and Marty in the front seat and Dex sleeping on my lap in the backseat. When we finally got there we went over a little bridge and then BOOM parking lot and lake! It was very windy so Marty decided to wait in the car. (Pretty sure she kicked us out of our own car….) Dex decided to stay in the car too. He wasn’t having this windy cold water thing.
That left Grant and I to go and explore! He and I walked for maybe a mile along the sand to avoid a lake sized puddle in the middle of the sand.
After the puddle was cleared we were able to walk along a rock bridge and be right on the water. It was beautiful. The waves were incredible. I’ve never seen Lake Michigan have waves like that before. (We stayed more inland to avoid getting soaked. It was about thirty/forty degrees with 30mph winds.)
I was able to really geek out and take all the pictures I wanted. Thank goodness Grant gets me and doesn’t say a word.
The beach did give way to a sand dune that had the best views imaginable. It was a decent hike, then a few flights of stairs, but it was incredible. We walked to the top and were able to just stop and stand there amazed by the views.
The boardwalk atop the dunes did have an option to take a different flight of stairs down back to the parking lot.
Grant and I were able to sneak down and the view we saw at the car might’ve been the most adorable event of the day. Dex was sitting up in the passenger seat in Marty’s lap cuddling. It was a great trip even if I think apart of me froze on that beach.
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