Getting Settled

Back in the north country and still getting used to the temperatures! When we got back Monday there were still piles of snow in the yard and woods, and Glen Lake, Lake Leelanau, and Good Harbor bay still were ice covered. As the week went on we lost most of the snow and the lakes are beginning to break up. Lake Michigan still has rafts of ice that blow in and away from shore with the winds.
Glen Lake is now 75% ice free, and the remaining ice is also blowing with the wind. We are hoping for some warmer weather since we have been hard pressed to get above the forties during the day.
Next year we will probably stay further south until the end of April instead of coming home earlier.
Slowly we are getting back to a routine and back to work at Anderson's and the Good Harbor Winery. Anderson's is closed for the remodeling and will open again next weekend. It will be much improved and modernized. Nancy came home from work Saturday and said that "The Wine Warriors" reality show has been filming and will be in the tasting rooms as the season progresses. It looks like this will add to the publicity about the wine industry in Leelanau and Grand Traverse Counties.
Here are some pictures from yesterday's hke to the lookout on Alligator Hill...

Ice still floating on Lake Michigan looking out at South Manitou Island

The "Crib" shipping marker in Manitou Passage must have taken quite a beating this winter!

 

Looking north we could see five islands in Lake Michigan, North and South Manitou, North and South Fox Islands and Beaver Island far off on the horizon!