Visited: Monday, September 6, 2021
This was the start of an on-the-fly trip, set up to replace the trip to Europe that we had to cancel at the last minute. And it was a rather spectacular start, on the whole.
The park consists of lots of shoreline, as would be expected, but includes a variety of features including the dune which it's named, a plethora of forests which fight with the dunes for control of the land, an old rescue boathouse which, while not open due to Covid, had an excellent docent who was very informative and engaging, and lots of dunes to climb. We settled for one - giving us a great look onto Lake Michigan - and really enjoyed the lookouts from the Pierce-Stocking drive. We didn't opt for the main dune climb - frankly, I hate sand, and the earlier path (which filled my shoes with the stuff) was more than sufficient for me.
What I wish we'd done: take the ferry to North and/or South Manitou Island.
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