Fun on the lake . . . and Kitch-iti-kipi!

Dwight Peck's personal website

Summer 2019

A photographic record of whatever leapt out at us

You may not find this terribly rewarding unless you're included here, so this is a good time for casual and random browsers to turn back before they get too caught up in the sweep and majesty of the proceedings and can't let go.

Fun on the lake . . . and Kitch-iti-kipi!

Off for a morning bike ride, 14 July 2019

Pedal quietly, Billy's sleeping.

Must have had a late night.

It's time for some fun.

Poised for the leap

The leap

No intention of leaving anyone behind. Honest.

All aboard

Not as easy as it seemed. Hydrobikes are hard to tip over, but it can be done.

Looking for the next adventure

It's not fast enough for professional water-skiing, but it will do for now.

Especially with kicking

Exhausting work, time for a break

Coming in to Adjidaumo, the centre island

Looking for the eagles

The two eagles' nests, but nobody in residence at the moment

Time for another nap

Badly eroded shoreline -- down to the tree roots

One of the effects of badly eroded shorelines -- trees falling over into the lake

A meeting of the minds, or rather of the lake vehicles

The hydrobike and pedalboard parade, 14 July 2019 (Bastille Day)

-- Pedalers, take your marks!

Kitch-iti-Kipi

This is the Palms Book Michigan State Park, featuring, improbably enough, Kitch-iti-kipi, the "Big Spring", just 500 metres up the creek from Indian Lake and 14km (9mi) north of the Garden Peninsula on Lake Michigan.

No stealing the minnows!

The Big Spring is a small pool (60m across) formed by clear upwelling water in sandy bubbles, with lots biggish fish.

Aw schucks, we missed the boat. We'll be idling on shore for 10 minutes.

Out it goes, tugged along a slender steel cable.

Mind your step!

The boat's finally coming back in.

We're next, let's go.

Looking at the bottom down an interior window

Our vehicle is tourist-powered by tugging on a huge wheel to carry it along the cable, and it's taking forever to get to the good stuff.

That's pretty good, but it's still not the good stuff.

Here's a better view of the bubbly vents, taken on our last visit in August 2016.

Well, wasn't that fun!

Bad news at Kitch-iti-kipi: On 30 July 2019, it was reported that a rogue tourist had been photographed swimming in the pond. The hunt is on, and 'TV6 and FOX UP will provide updates as they become available'.

A quick visit to a state park picnic ground on Indian Lake, Michigan

We're being observed.

We're killing time until dinner.

Okay, it must be nearly time for dinner.

We're in for the night in the Terrace Bay Inn just north of Escanaba by Gladstone on the Little Bay de Noc of Lake Michigan. A little the worse for wear, but inexpensive, clean, and boasting a very satisfactory restaurant.

Shoreside at the Terrace Bay Inn

The convivial scene, from the rather unappealing swimming pool room

A preprandial stroll

Coastal wetlands on the western side of the Little Bay de Noc

The Terrace Bay dining room, called the Freshwater Tavern

We're waiting for a window table to come free.

Happy selfie

Nature walk

Our table's ready.