Category Archives: Lighthouses

White River Lighthouse — Fruitland Township, Michigan

After eating at the Montague Dog n Suds, we drove along the shore of White Lake to the White River Light Station Museum. The lighthouse was open for tours, but we didn’t take one — we just strolled around the … Continue reading

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St. Joseph North Pier Lights

On our way north along Lake Michigan, we stopped in St. Joseph to see the lighthouses while the morning sun was still soft enough for photos. We had to pay $5.00 to park in the city lot, but it didn’t … Continue reading

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Down the Keweenaw

We drove up Brockway Mountain, but on this day the only view we got was the inside of a cloud — not that it wasn’t pretty. It was raining again when we got to Eagle Harbor. We stopped along the … Continue reading

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Up the Keweenaw

We wandered about Calumet for a little while, looking for something to look at. The National Park Service owns several buildings in town, but none of them were open. A kind woman who spotted us trying to enter a locked … Continue reading

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Ontonagon

Saturday was gray and damp with frequent periods of drizzling rain. We decided to take a road trip to the Keweenaw Peninsula. Our first stop was Ontonagon. There’s a lighthouse on the river that is open for tours, but the … Continue reading

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