View of Lake Erie from Geneva-on-the-Lake

After lunch at The Lakehouse Inn yesterday, we went to the park, and while Dan dozed off in the warm sun, I sketched our view from the bench where we sat.

Headlands Dunes State Nature Preserve, Mentor, Ohio

Fairport Harbor Light across the dunes on Lake Erie at Headlands Beach

Elaine shot this interesting angle on some driftwood

Driftwood on Headlands Beach, Lake Erie


Late fall at Headland Dunes, Lake Erie, Mentor, Ohio

Lake Erie Driftwood Revisited

I believe this is the same driftwood spot as in this photo taken last year around this time, but the storms over the past year have brought in new pieces of wood and piled them up against last years driftwood, and now it's quite a tangle. My friend and I had a great day at Headlands Beach on Tuesday--walking through the dunes, watercolor painting, strolling on the beach, and fried perch at Brennan's Fish House in Fairport Harbor.

Weekend in Port Clinton: Saturday

We got up each morning around 7 and started the day with a swim (me) or a jog on the treadmill (Dan).


Saturday morning we drove out to Magee Marsh to observe the early migrating birds. There will be more variety around mid-May, when the warblers arrive and rest on the southern coast of Lake Erie before flying on to Canada.


A muskrat making its way across the channel.

We sat on the beach for the rest of the morning, and I sketched driftwood.

Back at the Visitor's Center, it was Bald Eagle Day. Back to the Wild Wildlife Rehabilitation Center brought some of their resident birds, snakes, and other wildlife for visitors to see up close. These were animals that were injured and rescued, but are now no longer able to survive in the wild, due to blindness or other injuries.

Red-tailed Hawk

Great-horned Owl

Barred Owl

American Kestrel

Bald Eagle.

As were driving back to Port Clinton, we encountered this turtle, which I guess is a snapping turtle. He was about 12" long, not including his tail.

Lake Erie Driftwood

Lake Erie Driftwood

Driftwood, Lake Erie 

Lake Erie driftwood 

Driftwood

Driftwood at Headlands