Sunday at the Beach

Went for a ride on our way home from a trip to Grand Rapids. We drove out to the lake shore to see the fantastic ice displays that had built up last week from storms and winds. Breathtaking.

Since we got there, not to long before sunset, we decided to spend some time watching the lake. It was rather choppy with icy filled waves being blown to shore. We had noticed people walking along the shore line ice but to our surprise we came upon a kite surfing snowboarder. I've included some video of the snow boarder. It was remarkable that someone would be doing this as the temperature was 15 degrees not including the windchill factor. Most impressive.

Just stepping out to get the photos in the bitter cold wind was enough for us. A few seconds at a time and the car heater turned up, made it possible to warm up quickly when we got back inside. Not the minutes our extreme snowboarder was apparently enjoying.

Hope you enjoy these photos and video clips.

Looking out to the Channel opening.

Another shot of the north light.

                                                Videos of the kite flying snowboarder.

sunset

sunset starting

Fire lighting of the clouds

Sun hitting the break wall ice.

Another shot of the sunlit break wall ice.

Sun slowly disappears from the horizon.

The sun has gone over the horizon leaving its afterglow.

It's easy to forget to look at how the sun hits the woods behind you.