That Georgia Biologist

Well, with the upcoming winter weather system and all, I knew that the last several days' worth of good weather would be the last time I could head out to Warren Dunes before the end of 2018. The thing was, I was in the midst of finals study, so as today I finished finals (YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!), I headed on out. Even though the forecast said it was going to be mostly cloudy. It felt really, really great to get on out there again after almost two months of not going out - last month I chose to go to Dowagiac Woods and the Potawatomi Zoo instead. Only one other car was there, two people walking down on the beach. I first climbed the little hill right between the parking lot and the beach, and to my great delight found that while it was cloudy most everywhere else, right around the setting sun there was a small patch of nice blue sky. Well, the sun was shining through the clouds to be specific. Anyways, the sun shone like a dream on a little river/creek that fed into the lake, a...

Otherwise known as, my October trip to Warren Dunes State Park. But I gotta get your attention somehow! ;) I usually try to write a little sooner about my trips than this, but I've a) been so busy with school & b) busy actually GOING places & c) busy editing video footage that blogging has gotten a bit of the back burner treatment. Hoping to fix that in the next few weeks :) (oh and did I mention that this fall I've been able to visit two MAJOR history museums, one in Chicago and the other in Kalamazoo??? Respective articles on both will be coming...eventually... :) ) Anyways. Back to our subject of Warren Dunes. I had gotten off of school a little earlier than anctipated, so I headed out to the coast a little early as to squeeze in some hiking prior to watching the sunset. As indicated by its' name, Warren DUNES state park does have sand dunes, actually quite a few of them, it's just that I'm so focused on the sunset I rarely have interest or time t...

So the last week and half or so for me have been pretty rough. Not bad - lots of fun stuff that I'm thrilled to be doing, but nonetheless physically and emotionally exhausting. Anyways, right before all the crazy started, I headed out for some peace and quiet at Lake Michigan. Now that I *finally* :D have a chance to breathe, here's the photos!  So first off, I noticed these trees that I had never really paid attention to before. Cool! It was fun catching shots of the sun coming through the leaves. Now it's off to the beach!  Obligatory "reed intersecting the sun ball" picture... ;)  And now begins the slew of actual sunset pics. I know that it may be a little repetitive, and I do go on a lot of sunset photography trips...but hey, right now this is what I want to write about. It was so refreshing just to be there and see it, plus of course be creative and have fun taking photos.  Side note, while I do love my chosen career of scienc...