A white-crowned sparrow hopping around my campsite last month.
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Something's been working on this tree. Pileated woodpecker?
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Unfortunately, I have never seen a mammoth while hiking on the #IceAgeTrail. I may have hiked overtop of them without ever knowing it though.
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Molash Creek marks the northern edge of the Point Beach Ridges State Natural Area (SNA #87). The SNA includes 11 alternating ridges and swales and is home to some rare and uncommon plant life.
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There are many American beech trees in the Point Beach State Forest.
The Swales nature trail is a short hike through the forest and includes educational signs about the Great Lakes' dune and swale (or ridge and swale) ecosystem.
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A red squirrel ready to scamper away after finishing a meal.
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Rainbow. And a few seagulls.
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Pines reaching toward the sky along the #IceAgeTrail.
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The 1929 Grover/Smith Cabin is located along the Rawley Point Recreational Trail in the Point Beach State Forest. In front of the cabin is a small sign explaining when it was built and when it was restored (2003).
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Short video clips of some of the ships I saw last month while camping.
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"I wanna walk and not run,
I wanna skip and not fall,
I wanna look at the horizon and not see a building standing tall"
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The Rawley Point lighthouse.
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The Milky Way.
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Me, with the incredible Point Beach State Forest setting the scene.
It's me. While hiking in the #PointBeachStateForest. Unsure if this was on the #IceAgeTrail or Ridges trail, but it was somewhere near where they intersect.
As much as I love prairie, this forest is one of my favorite places in the state.
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The night sky on the beach along the #PointBeachStateForest. You can see light pollution from three Michigan cities all the way across Lake Michigan. The cities producing this light are -from left to right- Manistee (57 miles away), Ludington (55 miles away), and Muskegon (90 miles away).
The Ridges trail.
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Leaves on the Ridges trail.
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The Ridges trail.
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Blue spotted salamanders.
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Red-backed salamander.
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There are a lot of Wood frogs in the #PointBeachStateForest, but this is the only Rock frog.
Showy goldenrod
Mountain mint and showy goldenrod.
Little bluestem
Several insects on a gray-headed coneflower, including a bumble bee.
Point Beach campground's native garden.
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Lake Michigan at sunset.
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A pinecone in the sand at #PointBeachStateForest.
Molash Creek.
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A spotted salamander on an orange leaf.
Spotted salamander.
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A sandy path between the dunes leading towards Lake Michigan with little bluestem growing alongside the path.
Sand dunes covered in plant life including little bluestem, with forest in the background.
Sand dunes and lots of little bluestem. I love this place!
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A rainbow over Lake Michigan, as seen from atop a sand dune.
A zoomed-in image of a rainbow meeting Lake Michigan
A double rainbow over Lake Michigan.
A rainbow (and double rainbow) over Lake Michigan on a cool autumn day.
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Fully zoomed in on a rainbow over Lake Michigan.
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An Ice Age Trail sign.
An image of the Ice Age Trail as it meanders up a small hill.
Scenery alongside the Ice Age Trail.
Pine trees along both sides of the Ice Age Trail.
Photos from my hike on the Ice Age National Scenic Trail. Notable wildlife included a large flock of wild turkeys, red squirrels, and lots of red-breasted nuthatches and dark-eyed juncos.
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