Chuck > Chicago skyline seen from the air, shortly before landing.

Want to see more?  Matt's pictures from this trip are at http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattglasheen/sets/72157604303851932/.
Chuck > One final picture of the sunset.

This trip included:
4 states
2 National Lakeshores (one visited twice)
6 state parks
6 (at least) county or municipal parks
1 nature preserve
7 wineries
6 lighthouses (at least that I stopped for)
6 crossings of the 45th parallel (plus one very near approach)
3 crossings of the Mackinac Bridge (on foot, on a bus, by car)
over 1500 miles driven, not counting the distance between my home and the lake
over 39 hours driven, again not counting the time between my home and the lake
5 sunsets over the lake
Chuck > Sunset at the West Beach, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.
Chuck > Although the lake was considerably rougher than when I had been here six days before, the air was clearer.  The Chicago skyline can clearly be seen, twenty-six miles away.
Chuck > Now I have returned to my starting point, the West Beach at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.
Chuck > A dune at Warren Dunes State Park.
Chuck > The lakeshore at Warren Dunes State Park.
Chuck > Emblems indicating Japanese ships sunk and damaged by the Silversides during World War II.
Chuck > The U.S.S. Silversides, a World War II-era submarine, at the Great Lakes Naval Memorial & Museum in Muskegon, MI.
Chicago skyline seen from the air, shortly before landing.

Want to see more? Matt's pictures from this trip are at http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattglasheen/sets/72157604303851932/.
Chuck > Chicago skyline seen from the air, shortly before landing.

Want to see more?  Matt's pictures from this trip are at http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattglasheen/sets/72157604303851932/.
Chicago skyline seen from the air, shortly before landing.

Want to see more? Matt's pictures from this trip are at http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattglasheen/sets/72157604303851932/.
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