Lake, Birds and Sunsets: Part One

The last two days, we have had gorgeous, warm, balmy 80 degree weather with a soft breeze.

When we get those kind of days in the U.P., most people try to drop everything and enjoy the outdoors as much as possible.

Those of us that live on lakes, get out on our boats, pontoons, wave runners and ride or fish and enjoy the lake as long as we can.

So, that's exactly what we did.

We grabbed our fishing poles, suntan lotion and soda pop and off we went.

It was as beautiful of a day as we hoped it would be.

Come on the day trip with us, won't you?:

Here is a view of our Lake Michigamme from the boat:

We spotted geese and ducks all over the lake. They must have been enjoying the day as much as we were!:

A shot of the many islands on our lake. We have 97 miles of shoreline to cruise, so every where you ride, you get wonderful panoramic views like this one:




We rode in for dinner and then got out again to catch the sunset.
We weren't disappointed:

It was turning the water orange!:

Wow! This looks like Africa, not Michigan!:

Suddenly, I had the urge to drink orange soda pop:

Wait!

I forgot to tell you the most exciting part of the day!!

When the sun was just starting to set, we were on the far side of one of the bigger islands, so as we turned the boat around to head toward home....

Here

is

what

we saw.....



"Is it???...", I asked my husband.

"I think so...." he answered

It WAS.

It was a huge EAGLE flying close to us!!:

He landed on a tall tree on the big island.

Of course I made my husband drive the boat real close to the tree and strained my telescopic feature of my camera to the limit to get this shot of him:

Isn't he glorious?

I also got one more shot of him, but it was getting darker by the minute:

That's when the orange sunset happened (as in the photos above).

What a day!!!

Sunshine, fresh air, ducks, fishing (we caught a bunch of rock bass), an eagle sighting

and

the wonderful sunset!!

Here is the last of the sun setting on the horizon:

I am blessed.