Campers Cove RV Park, Alpena, Michigan
Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity. Colossians 3:12-14
It was a splendid day today! Sunshine, a few clouds, perfect temperature, and zero percent chance of rain. A great day for gadding about town a bit. (for those of you who’ve never heard that turn of phrase, it means to visit or travel to a lot of different places, enjoying yourself and not worrying about other things you should be doing.)
Good morning, sun! Still a few raindrops on the window from yesterday.
Our new yard!
Lunch with a view!
We began the afternoon at a local park called Sportsmen’s Island. They have it fixed up really nice, with a new bridge built two years ago, and well-maintained trails.
You can’t see them well in the picture, but there are filled flower boxes along the sides.
Swans!
That was a surprise!
This plant was pretty neat – each flower has a stem right in the middle and the next flower
grows on top of it.
Some were taller than others, but they were plentiful.
We discovered our first Fall leaves, and something we believe were possibly raided turtle nests. Here’s what we learned (if this is indeed what we think it is):
The female leaves the water to make her nest between May and July. She may travel a few yards -or half-a-mile to find a suitable nesting site, often crossing fences, roads and yards. She digs a hole about six inches deep and deposits up to eleven eggs, then covers the eggs with dirt and returns to the water. The eggs hatch in 72 days, usually in late August through early September. The baby turtles instinctively head straight for the water. The sex of the hatchlings is determined by the nest temperature – males if the temperatures are cool, females if it’s warm. Nests are often discovered by birds, raccoons and skunks, who make a meal of the eggs. It’s not unusual for 90 percent of the eggs and babies to be lost to predators.
Turtle eggs?
And close by were fairly large holes.
There were at least 4 areas that looked like this.
Our next visit was to the historic district, which was also well-cared for, but only had a few older buildings. Most didn’t have any type of markers.
They have this old theatre, but nothing explaining its history.
This is an actual bonified drawbridge – right in the middle of town.
Don’t think they use it much though. There was no one in the guard house.
One of the few buildings with a date.
But look what else it has!
An old picture! Never seen that before. Pretty cool!
Nothing says why they chose to outsource the limestone. Probably politics as usual . . .
I think I woulda objected too!
This “Odd Fellows” building has a picture too.
It’s labeled “Centennial Building” and built in honor of our 100th year as a nation.
“Centennial July 4, 1876”
I noticed something seemed off about the top of it – like maybe it lost it’s cross.
And then this church got more interesting when a local man chose to speak with us. . . .
. . . he said, “You should’ve been here this past winter, when the steeple almost fell off. I was really keeping an eye on it!”
They’ve closed the church and the parishioners are meeting at another Catholic church nearby.
Hopefully the inside is in better condition than the outside.
Wonder if they use the entire building? I think our sons would love it!
We arrived back home just in time.
This is what zero percent chance of rain looks like.
It moved over the water (which was fun to watch) and drenched us for a good bit of time.
But it cleared out and the sky presented us with calm water and a lovely sunset!
