The Great Lakes!

So much water all around.  We can't wait to see it in summer.  We have a chance to drive around a bit and can't help but take pictures.  Here's a sample of the surrounding lakes and river.  

About one mile north of us here in Cheboygan is Lake Huron, parts of it along the coast is still frozen.  We are falling in love with lighthouses!

Head northeast, you see much more of Lake Huron.  It is 206 miles long from northwest to southeast, and its maximum width is 183 miles, maximum depth 751 feet.

We drove 45 miles Friday night to have dinner at our Branch President's home.                    The drive took us along Lake Huron and on the way it was cloudy and windy.  

On the way home, it was a bit of a snowy blizzard.

Head northwest and in 16 miles you arrive at Mackinac City.  It's pretty much a ghost town during the winter, but it is a happening place we hear during the summer.  There is a long span bridge at Mackinac City that connects lower Michigan to upper Michigan (also known as the UP.)  You can also take a ferry during the summer to Mackinaw Island (where the huge hotel there was used to film "Somewhere In Time."  There are no motorized vehicles allowed on the island.  We can't wait to go visit it!

Lake Huron connects with Lake Michigan at the Straits of Mackinac.

Head west from Cheboygan and the drive is beautiful too.  Trees of all kinds line both sides of the road.  We headed to the town of Petoskey on Lake Michigan to meet and visit our Elders Quorum President who was in the hospital and introduce ourselves to a new friend who is asking questions about the Gospel.  Lake Michigan is 118 miles wide and 307 miles long.  There is more than 1,600 miles of shoreline.  The average depth of the lake is 279 feet, but at its deepest point is 925 feet.  Here are pictures of the Petoskey area.

Head south from the town of Cheboygan and you drive along one of the many little lakes.  This is Lake Mullett.  We visited one member this week whose husband is in the hospital too.  Her front window looks right out on it.  Who wouldn't love that?  Well, maybe not us because of the months of snow.  Afterall, we are used to Arizona, right?