Joel Dinda's photos with the keyword: grand traverse bay

The first reason we stay at Pointes North is the view. It's a nice hotel, too....

A year and a day ago, from our hotel in Traverse City. I keep taking this picture ; the scene changes and changes and changes .

Traverse Bay, from our hotel. Walking the beach just wasn't an option this weekend. Well below freezing, and ferocious winds. Sunday looked nice, though.

For Joan's birthday last year we spent the weekend in and around Traverse City. Checked into our hotel in the afternoon, then headed out Old Mission Point to see the lighthouse. This was Joan's first visit ever, and my first in a dozen or so years. Pretty little lighthouse; now a private residence in the middle of a public park. On our way back down the peninsula, we ate at The Boathouse on Bowers Harbor, where we watched the sun set over the bay and the hills. Far too expensive for regular dining, but truly wonderful meals. Addition 10/1/05: Again to TC for Joan's birthday this year, and another wonderful meal at The Boathouse. Highly recommended, but quite expensive.

The prettiest boat in the Suttons Bay Marina. Rather wish we'd got her name....

The East Arm of Grand Traverse Bay from Pointes North Resort. Always pretty; not usually so dramatic.

The view from our room at Pointes North Resort . I've probably taken this picture a couple hundred times .

Looking towards Mission Point from Pointes North Inn in TC. Much windier than this photo shows, but good to be on the beach regardless.

Taken just before we left Traverse City, earlier in the week.

Over the East Arm of Grand Traverse Bay. Sunrise is my absolute favorite thing about Traverse City (except, perhaps, the food).

On the sandbar/beach outside our room, last night. Joan spotted these while we were preparing to go out to her birthday dinner. Not a particularly good photo, I'm afraid, but we had other things on our minds.

Traverse City.

Grand Traverse Bay from Holiday Inn West Bay in Traverse City. I showed you this dock a few months ago; perhaps this gull, also....

Spent my birthday weekend in Traverse City. We've never gone away for my birthday, so that was a treat. Of course, February's weather is a risk. The weekend's first two days had excellent weather, as this shot shows. Monday and Tuesday were a little less friendly. Better detail in the larger view. This is the dock behind Holiday Inn West Bay, where we roomed Saturday night before moving to Pointes North for the rest of our stay. Sunday morning found this excellent light, and this bird posed for my camera.

It's those geese again. I do wish these pix had been just a wee bit sharper.

The lighthouse at Old Mission Point in Grand Traverse Bay. Still snow there yesterday, as you can see.

Here I was, trying to get a photo of the ice that had blown into the East Arm of Grand Traverse Bay when these geese flew by....