After leaving Dayton, we headed north to Maumee Bay
State Park on the south shore of Lake Erie.
As I have mentioned before, this is one of our all time favorite state
park campgrounds. We spent most of a week here visiting with friends and enjoying
nature in the park. I failed to get pictures of most of our friends, but
otherwise we enjoyed some great company.
We also visited the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge
near the state park. During the peak birding
season, it is visited by thousands of bird enthusiasts. Since this is the off season, we had the place
almost to ourselves.
Just before our arrival, the new National Museum of the Great Lakes opened. Since I worked
for a Great Lakes steamship company for six years, we definitely wanted to take
a look. It is a good place to get an overview of the history
of the lakes along with some information about the history of marine
transportation on the lakes over the years.
Of course, there was quite a display about the Edmond Fitzgerald, which
was owned by the company I worked for. They also have a retired Great Lakes freighter
docked on the grounds, which can be toured to give the visitor an idea of what
they look like and how they work. We
also learned after returning home that the old power plant smoke stacks visible
in the pictures from the museum were demolished just a few days after our
visit.
Next time, the Great Race.
8 comments:
You took some really incredible photos. And I love the one of the RV - wish I had one like it!
The NWR and the museum look like we need to visit.
Your photos are absolutely fascinating and gorgeous! Thank you so much for sharing.
I have to see that museum. Was that your cadet uniform on display? ;c)
This is so great! We were going to go to Maumee Bay SP and to the Ottoa NWR there but because of all our solar troubles we couldn't go since it was full up on the week-end. We had originally planned to be there during the week. Thanks so much for showing me how much we missed. Terrific pictures. For sure we have to make it back here.
Thanks for this post. This is a must see for us! Your photos are great.
You must spend a good deal of time sorting and editing the pictures you take. They really are nice. I know I spend way too long with the ones I take. Trying to find the perfect ones isn't an easy task.
One of our first ever campings in our current motor home was to Maumee Bay.
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