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Our work weekend in Petoskey always starts out with mornings at the bay to watch the sunrise (which is never as beautiful as the sunsets), but worth the 5 am wake up!

These are from that ritual.........


#1 Canadian geese bathing as a six pack of mallards pass by doing their strength training :)

#2 Sunrise on the Bay

#3 From a park above the bay
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And more serenity :)

#1 The pier and its missing section that was blown away when ice from the bay starting breaking up this winter/spring.

#2 The end of the pier

#3 Lake Michigan view of Harbor Bar
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Post by LucyGoose »

Nice Jane!! I really like the Lake Michigan view of Harbor Bar!

Thanks for sharing!!! :D
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I always hate leaving there! One day.................. we will return :)

Oops. those pics are backwards! Better that post hey? :lol:
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Beautifullllllllllll, Jane. I've never been to Michigan but now I want to go! ;)
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Beautiful! No wonder you miss it!
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Thanks for viewing..... I enjoyed sharing them with you all! :)
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Post by Linda P »

Thanks for the serene morning wake-up, Jane. I think it would be terribly hard to leave there!
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Post by Jamie »

Very nice Jane :cool: :cool: :cool:


I think the ducks in the front of the pics are the mallards. It looks like the male on the right and possibly the female on the left :D :D
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Post by PeggyC »

:o Stunning pictures... what a lovely place. I'm glad to hear you had a wonderful, peaceful time!
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Post by Patrushka »

Gorgeous pictures Jane! :cool: They bring back memories of weekends DH and I spent many, many years ago at his Grandpa's house in Muskegon. :D
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Thanks everyone. Sounds as though the pics did just that for you all also, what the actually morning did for us! :D Glad I shared them :)
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Looks almost like heaven :wink:
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I hope it's real close! :wink:
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