Joel Dinda's photos with the keyword: shore

Lake Superior, 2006, taken with my Minolta SR-T 101. My notes suggest I took this near Split Rock lighthouse, but I can't be much more specific than that.

Big Sable Point, Ludington State Park, Michigan. Big Sable Point Lighthouse is at land's end, but you can't see it well in this picture. Even in the larger size. Shot from SS Badger, shortly before we docked at Ludington.

The Lake Superior shoreline at Cascade River State Park in northern Minnesota.

A decade ago, we--my mother, Joan, Kalamazoo Richard , Preacher Debra , and me--spent our vacation wandering around northern Minnesota . One of the main objects of the trip was taking Mom to see Split Rock Lighthouse , but when we stopped the fog was so heavy that you couldn't actually see the lighthouse. Not a disaster, exactly, but certainly a disappointment. Mom claimed to be satisfied that she'd seen the interior. Visibility was far better this week. Here's a photo which shows pretty well why a light was needed at that location; shallows, rocks, and high cliffs. A bad combination.

Not sure where Dad was standing when he took this, but the Mackinac Straits Bridge is barely visible on the horizon. Slide developed in 1978....

The North Shore Scenic Railroad's RDC (Rail Diesel Car, built by Budd) arrives at Two Harbors, Minnesota, in August of 1990. This was the road's first summer running its tourist operation between the Depot Museums in Duluth (Lake Superior Railroad Museum) and Two Harbors (Depot Museum of the Lake County Historical Society). The Lakefront Line was saved from potential abandonment in 1989 when the Lake Counties Transit Authority purchased it from the DMIR. The Two Harbors Depot is to the right, of course. The locomotive under the nearby shed is the "Three Spot," the first locomotive purchased by the Missabe Road's ancestor lines. The other shed protects DMIR 221, a Yellowstone (that's the model designation) or a Mallet (that describes its drive system; pronounced "Mallee.") All Mallet locomotives were huge; the Yellowstones were, by some measures, the largest ever made. (Personally, I'd go with the UP Big Boys. C&O's Alleghenys seem also to have a reasonable claim.) The Two Harbors docks are (barely) visible on the left of the picture.

The view toward Lake Superior from the campsite I showed a couple days ago. One of the prettiest places I know. McLain's got a beach, but very few swimmers. That water's cold. Camera: Throwaway Kodak panoramic. Really not bad for a toy camera....

McLain State Park, near Calumet, Michigan, August 1998. Shot with a cheap Kodak panoramic camera.

Twin Lakes State Park, Michigan's Copper Country (near Toivola). Methinks the picture speaks for itself.