Traverse City, Michigan

Angie and I decided to take a quick photo excursion to Traverse City, Michigan. We have been up to the Old Mission Point and the Leelanau State Park as well as several points in between. The sunrise on the first morning at Old Mission Point was one of the best sunrises I have ever seen. It seemed forever for the sun to come up over horizon and then break through several bands of clouds. After a morning (which started at 4am) we headed back to town for a quick breakfast and nap. Headed out to Front Street in Traverse City to see the shopping district. After a late lunch it was off to the Asylum ( a mental hospital that is being redeveloped into a mix use of retail, office and residential housing). It still has a ways to go and was a little creepy. Late afternoon it was up the coast of the West Bay to Omena for dinner before heading up to the Grand Traverse Lighthouse at Leelanua State Park and then finally ended up in Fishtown for sunset. We finally made it back to the hotel about 10:30PM. It was a short couple of hours to 5AM to get to Cherry Bend for some more sunrise pictures at a marina. This afternoon its off to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore and the Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive.