Our friends Jerry and Beth from Cedar Key had told us about Indiana Dunes State Park and they highly recommended it.
One of the things that I wanted to do was the “3 Dune Challenge”. You hiked the 3 tallest dunes in the park. Hiking in sand is much different than hiking in the woods with rock or dirt as the ground surface!
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| It started out fine... |
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| and quickly inclined! |
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| We had beautiful views |
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| And could even see Chicago in the distance (look hard!) |
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| We "bagged" peaks |
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| If you could call 184 ft a peak! |
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| We climbed a gazillion steps |
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| To our last "peak" at 192 feet! |
It was a fun way to spend the morning.
We checked out the beach of Lake Michigan…
And it really looked like any other beach….until this...
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| What?! Industry + beach = not good |
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| It is a very popular beach. |
It is a wonderful place to ride bikes with miles and miles of paved trails. We enjoyed exploring the park by pedaling. And sometimes, you have the weirdest neighbors…
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| A naked, headless mannequin? It never came off of the car |
Time to head further east!!
I have not thought about that park in a long time. I think we were there in 2010.
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