Christmas lights along Muskegon’s Lakeshore Avenue.
Category: Lakeshore Bike Trail
From the turn on the Lakeside Bike Trail, this was the sun rising over Muskegon’s Western Avenue on the morning of October 17, 2008
Figuring that the colder weather had diminished the chances of being killed by a powerboat to acceptable levels, a very early morning paddle on Muskegon Lake was rewarded with this view of the Milwaukee Clipper.
The sunrise accentuates the mist on Muskegon’s Ruddiman Pond.
The moon illuminates the waving flag outside of the Parmenter building in downtown Muskegon.
Crossing the tracks from the Lakeshore Bike Trail just above the Northern Rail Yard, this train appears much more threatening than it actually was…
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.
Michigan Steel windows as seen from an early morning walk along Muskegon’s Western Avenue.
The sun rises over Muskegon Lake behind Michigan Steel.
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.
Dew drops cling to the tall grass between the Lakeshore Bike trail and Muskegon’s northern railroad yards on June 24, 2008
All of the moisture that we have seen this summer is having an impact on so many things in our area – both small and large. From the perceived increase in the number of mosquitoes to the quickly rising water level of Lake Michigan.
This latter has been most welcome and almost shocking in its speed. The big lake is up over eight inches over the last year. For those unfortunates who are not familiar with our “inland ocean” that may be unimpressive, but those who are lucky enough to live around here know better.
To better put those inches in perspective, The Chicago Tribune figures that it means we are now enjoying the view of an additional 3.12 trillion gallons of water during our beach walks.
A flower near Muskegon’s Lakeshore Bike trail on the morning of June 13, 2008.
The gulls and ducks seem to be watching the June 11, 2008 sunrise over the City of Muskegon.
The tower light near the Muskegon River bridge illuminates the northern railroad yards on February 1, 2008.
This was taken early on the morning of May 27, 2008. It is a light that illuminates a small channel just off of the bike trail behind Michigan Steel.
A tugboat just across the channel from the Muskegon Fisherman’s Landing boat lauch on May 20, 2008.
May 13, 2008 sunrise over Muskegon as seen from the Muskegon’s Lakeshore bike trail.
An icy branch on Muskegon’s Lakeshore Bike Trail in January of 2007.
A Muskegon River rail crossing as seen from the nearby bike trail on October 25, 2006.