Sleeping Bear Point Hike Route Map

The approximate track of our hike at Sleeping Bear Point, in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, depicted a la Google Earth...

Sleeping Bear Point Hike Route Map

The approximate track of our hike at Sleeping Bear Point, in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore...

Sleeping Bear Point Trailhead

The Adventure Begins...Sleeping Bear Point Trail

Sleeping Bear Point Trail

We soon broke out of the trees onto the dunes...

Sleeping Bear Point Trail

Buried Trees...

Sleeping Bear Point Trail

Looking back over Good Harbor Bay.

Sleeping Bear Point Trail

North Manitou Island in the distance...

Sleeping Bear Point Trail

Windblown...

Sleeping Bear Point Trail

Amazed by "A Big Hole."

Sleeping Bear Point Trail

Bad, Bad...wandering off-trail...

Sleeping Bear Point Trail

A Sense of Scale...

Sleeping Bear Point Trail

Ghost Forest...

Sleeping Bear Point Trail

The Trail Went this Way...

Sleeping Bear Point 'Bushwhack'

We Went This Way...

Sleeping Bear Point 'Bushwhack'

The ecology of the dunes is very unique and (I think) interesting...

Sleeping Bear Point 'Bushwhack'

So, um, Where's the Trail?

Sleeping Bear Point 'Bushwhack'

Another Huge Dune...

Sleeping Bear Point 'Bushwhack'

Nathan Finding a Soft Spot to Sit...

Sleeping Bear Point 'Bushwhack'

Hey, That's Gotta Hurt!

Sleeping Bear Point 'Bushwhack'

I Can't Even Fake It...

Sleeping Bear Point 'Bushwhack'

Going...

Sleeping Bear Point 'Bushwhack'

Going...

Sleeping Bear Point 'Bushwhack'

Well, not gone, but a lot further away...

Sleeping Bear Point 'Bushwhack'

Glen Lake to the southeast...

Sleeping Bear Point 'Bushwhack'

We still hadn't found the trail at this point but that doesn't mean we couldn't have fun...

Sleeping Bear Point 'Bushwhack'

Nice form...

Sleeping Bear Point 'Bushwhack'

No good can come of this...

Sleeping Bear Point 'Bushwhack'

Not Sure if I'm Actually Facing the Camera here...

Sleeping Bear Point 'Bushwhack'

"What, Into the Impenetrable Woods....YES!!!"

Sleeping Bear Point 'Bushwhack'

A Quick Descent...

Sleeping Bear Point Trail

It Looks Like a Trail...

Sleeping Bear Point Trail

Our vehicle was just to the other side of the far pines...

Dutchman's Breeches

Dutchman's Breeches along the Pyramid Point Trail...

Pyramid Point

Watch that first step...

Pyramid Point

I've Got an Idea...

Pyramid Point

Jumping off Pyramid Point...

Pyramid Point

After the (VERY) quick descent...

Pyramid Point

The shoreline beneath Pyramid Point...

Pyramid Point

Beginning the climb out...

Pyramid Point

Taking a break maybe a quarter of the way up...

Pyramid Point

Waiting for my partner...

Pyramid Point

Take your time, man...

Pyramid Point

Another Great Day!