If you're driving to Janesville, try to hit the Illinois/Indiana border very late at night or very early (before dawn) in the morning. It's the traffic jam from hell. I've sometimes spent three hours going three miles. Paul -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "David J Brooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 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.
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