Structures on the Beach

Hoffmaster State Park.

Below Empire Bluff , Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. The most impressive structure I've ever found on a beach. Flickr has photographs of this construction dating back some time . It's obviously important to someone.

First of Six . We were walking the beach at Cheboygan and found an elaborate set of sculptures/constructs/whatever in front of the state park's Fourteen Foot Shoal cabin. Of course I took pictures....

Second of Six . Critters? Or perhaps gun emplacements? Hard to tell. Hard to say. On the beach at Cheboygan State Park.

Third of Six. This elaborate project just invites speculation. Perhaps this is some sort of armored vehicle out attacking a fortress. Or a stocky couple out for a Sunday drive. Whatever is that shell for? And what are the other structures around this one? On the beach at Cheboygan State Park, near the Fourteen Foot Shoal cabin.

Fifth of Six. And what have we here? I presume that driftwood border has some significance. Is that a bunker near the top of the photo? Are those feathers supposed to represent trees? And what, pray tell, are those ranked-and-filed shells? Mysteries. On the beach at Cheboygan State Park.

Fourth of Six. A stick figure, literally, but that doesn't explain. A gladiator, perhaps, astride a horse? A monster outside the village walls? A Star Wars-inspired weapons system? Or just a guy on the beach? We may never know....

Last of Six. A stockade! With a moat! And a monster patrolling the moat.... The long beach at Cheboygan State Park, in front of the 14 Foot Shoal cabin.