Grand Haven Pier Watercolor

My watercolor of the pier in Grand Haven.  The tree is not there any more but the rip rap is.  Jumping off the pier is dangerous.  Walking the pier is dangerous on days when the waves are high.  People have been washed off the pier when an unexpected rogue wave hits them.  Today is warm for February and many people are enjoying a walk on the pier with no high waves.

Ice Retreating on the Grand Haven Beach 2/16/2017

A sunny day to walk the beach and admire the ice formations that are beginning to retreat.

The Door Peninsula Lake Michigan

A cedar grows out of layers of limestone on the Door Peninsula in Lake Michigan.  Sailors called this area Death's Door since there were so  many ship wrecks here in the past.  I took this photo on the Wisconsin side of Lake Michigan.

Niagara Falls

The waters of Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron and Lake Erie take a plunge over Niagara Falls.  The water falls into Lake Ontario and then finds its way out to the Atlantic Ocean through the St. Lawrence River.

Read more about the Great Lakes system in The Dynamic Great Lakes.