Sleeping Bear Dunes, Leelanau County - Sleeping Bear & Pyramid Points (5-3-07)
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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!