Showing posts with label beach. Show all posts
Showing posts with label beach. Show all posts

Friday, July 9, 2010

Sandstone Beach

July 4, 2010: The family and I decided to go for a drive today and do a little swimming. We drove up the east side of the Keweenaw on Lac La Belle Rd. Between the town of Gay and Bete Grise, we stopped at a Jacobsville Sandstone beach that was located not far off the road. The beach was secluded in that no one lived near by. For a neat view of the Jacobsville sandstone and just to see how impressive it really is, on Google Earth follow the eastern coastline from Gay to Bete Grise and you can see the bands of red and white in the sandstone from above. Just awesome. We saw some kettles and ripple marks in the sandstone. My daughter liked sitting on the sandstone and plunging her legs into the small kettles. A very neat area to explore.

Sunday, June 27, 2010

Gratiot River Park


June 28, 2010: Today my family and I headed out to the Gratiot River Park. We had a blast rock hounding. We found a number of small agates and lots of fun igneous rocks. Then we headed over to the Swedetown trails for a walk.