Coast Guard Cutter Biscayne Bay

Coast Guard Cutter Biscayne Bay (WTGB 104) breaks ice in the Straits of Mackinaw on the Great Lakes. The Biscayne Bay is stationed in St. Ignace.

More Snow...

Still snowing....This is the view from my porch looking across the yard toward the driveway. I have to admit that it is beautiful to look outside right now...my house is surrounded by woods so I have a view of snow covered trees from every window.

Gotta Love Winter!

This is what I saw when I opened my door this morning 12/29 (the camera date is a day ahead). I was sick and came home early from work and went straight to bed on Friday(28th). That was at noon and there was no snow...I could see patches of grass still. When I woke up it was dark outside and I didn't realize it had been snowing until I went to put some garbage out. At that point it had snowed maybe a few inches...and I thought that was bad enough. Then when I looked out today it had snowed about a foot or more. I could hardly get my door open...what fun! Gotta love winter!!!

Ferry Boat's in Dry Dock

One of our fellow blogger's asked me where they put the ferry boats once the ice starts forming on the Great Lake's. They take them out of the water and put them in dry dock.

Mackinac Island

This is Mackinac Island, it's a 15 minute ferry boat ride from St. Ignace. This island is a step back in time. The island has no motorized vehicles except for emergency vehicles. The main transportation there is horse, horse and buggy and bikes, and walking of course. The movie Somewhere in Time, staring Jane Seymour and Christopher Reeve was filmed on the island.

Island Ferry

One of the ferry boats that take passenger's to Mackinac Island. The ferry's are on a limited schedule right now and will soon be done for the season. Once the ice forms the only transportation to Mackinac Island is by snowmobile or plane.

A View from Above

View of downtown.