Thanks Mark and everyone else. Back from a 1 day trip here locally, and now i find out, a possible trip monday to Janesville Wis.
Escort a conveyor. Follow all the way, which is good, cause my only US driving experinces so far are following MR to GFM.:-0 Just might get that Chigaco street line form the window.:-) I';ll bring some blues CD;s to pass the time. Dave On 10/16/07, Mark Cassino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Dave - > > I'm about 45 minutes from GR and Holland. > > The waterfront in Holland offers a lot of good photo > ops. The city is built around a good sized lake that > connects to Lake Michigan. There is a pretty > distinctive lighthouse - 'Big Red' where the lakes > join. The lighthouse is on the south side of the > channel, but is best shot from the north, looking > across the channel. There's a state park there with > some low dunes, woods, beach stuff. > > Grand Haven, about 30 minutes to the north, has a good > size lighthouse as well. Very nice boardwalk along the > beach that runs along another channel from the > renovated city center all the way through another good > sized state park. There's a Coast Guard station there > and the opportunity to catch the cutters in action. > > To the south of Holland - another half hour - is > Saugutuck, an artsy lakefront community with one of > the biggest and nicest beaches / lake shore parks in > the state. > > Weather along the lake is always unpredictable. There > is little color change here so far this year - very > late season this year. The woods along the lake always > change late - so I doubt that you'll see many peak > color areas next week. I was shooting in the Allegan > Forest yesterday - it pushes right up within 20 miles > of Holland. Aside from the sumac and some weedy trees, > it was as green as late July. > > Here's a shot of the Holland lighthouse - > > http://www.markcassino.com/galleries/lighthouses/020901.htm > > And Grand Haven - > > http://www.markcassino.com/galleries/lighthouses/0308l01.htm > > Oh yeah - sunsets along the lake can be nice as well. > > - MCC > > --- David J Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > There is a chance i will be going to Grand Rapids, > > more specifically > > Holland, Michigan for an escort trip to Sault Ste > > Marie next week, and > > then points beyond back in Canada. > > > > Probably no time to visit, but, camera worthy > > area????? > > :-) > > > > Dave > > > > -- > > Equine Photography > > www.caughtinmotion.com > > http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ > > Ontario Canada > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > > directly above and follow the directions. > > > > > -------------------------- > Mark Cassino Photography > Kalamamazoo, MI > www.markcassino.com > > Photo Books: > www.lulu.com/cassino > -------------------------- > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Need a vacation? Get great deals > to amazing places on Yahoo! Travel. > http://travel.yahoo.com/ > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
