The last pic is for all you good wilmingtonians. This was taken in downtown sandusky. Note the FREE PARKING There were lots like this all over town, and not a parking meter in sight. Goes to show you there is another way. Downtown Sandusky haS mostly cleaned itself up, many of the old buildings have been converted to comdos, and the waterfront area has a lot of nice marinas, there are only a few old abandoned buildings.
Started out today to visit some of the local sites. Lighthouse pics are of Marblehead light that marks entrance to sandusky bay. Place wasn't open yet,not until memorial day.
From there i went to visit Kelley Island. Had to go by ferry. A 30 minute ride. One of the pics is of trucks lined up to get on the ferry, I wondered what they were going to do on a resort island.
I found when i got on the island that it was basically one big limestone mine in the middle. it seems that they have been mining limestone in this area for over 100 years. Pits are everywhere, even around marblehead. But to the credit of the company mining, they are filling in the old pits and planting trees. Marblehead was and still is a big limestone exporting port. the perimeter was resort cottages. The main Reason I went here was to the limestone carvings that the glaciers carved out when they came down during the ice age.
There are three pics of these. Then there are some pics of the old summer homes alongthe lakefront,very nice. Also a nice marina where the ferry came in. however generally the area is just waking up heading for memorial day season opening.
I wanted to visit some of the other islands,but the ferry service to them wasnt running yet. Besides it started to rain hard so I came back to the trailer to write this.
Tomorrow is moving day going to Elkhart in.