July 1 at Ludingdton

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Went to Ludington today. Weather ws still cold and it drizzled all day. Temp was 53 at beach in Ludington. Not a nice day wind was off of the lake at about 10 mph.
The first pic is of Ludington state park and the dunes, it was a shame that the weather was so cloudy that you could barely see the dunes. As far as i could see these dunes are better and more of them than the dunes at Cape Cod.
The second pic is of the harbor entrance and the lighthouses marking it. The haze and mist make it hard to see. There was a ship out in the lake, but you cant see it in the pic. There wern not many bathing suits at the beach.
The last series of pics are taken at a place called
White Pine Historic Site. It was a collection of buildings that had old items in them pertaining to the theme of the building. The little building needs no introduction.The next one is the hardware store and looking down the street. The next one is of the fireouse, it had several old engines inside. The last one is of some historic statue that was taken from in front of the town hall andd refurbished. THe place was interesting in that it indicated the loging backkground of the area in the late 1800's and life in the area at the time. I didn't know that there had been a maple syrup business in the area in earlier days.
Ludington seems to be mainly a tourist type town. The down town was full of little shops and cafes. Many of the homes in the area were tucked back in lanes or small roads leading to them. However it was a clean well laid out town and seemed to be well maintained.
If it had not been such a miserable day this would have been a good visit.
Tomorrow I plan to go to Grand Rapids and the Gerald Forde museum.