On Monday, July 14 Bryan and I went down to Good Harbor Beach to try and catch the sunset. We unfortunately just missed it but, as is always the case, there was something else that caught our attention.
The wind and waves were pretty amazing, probably the highest we've seen them. They were about 3-5 feet when we first got to the beach and increased in size from there.
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| Seagulls enjoying the waves...most likely picking up any scraps that beach-goers had left behind. |
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| Waves, as we saw them when we first got to the beach... |
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| ...and they kept increasing. (Good Harbor Beach is on the north end of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. The houses shown here are just north of the park's border.) |
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| These old dock pilings, all that are left from the old Good Harbor lumbering days, took a beating as the waves grew in intensity. |
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| Most likely the cause of the "rough seas". Bryan and I often see thunderheads developing over the lake. Sometimes single cells will roll in and provides us with an impressive lightning show. |
I also took some video of the wave action. The wind was loud, so I recommend turning down your volume a little if it's on a higher setting:
We find something new every time we go into the park. If the waves were this high within the bay, I can't imagine what they were like out on the open lake!
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