January 10 2011
Marie observed that the temperature was 2 degrees on her way south to my house, so we decided to stay in the van until the temperature outside warmed up a bit.
Marie with her endless interests and hours of research had a few places to check out. First we went to a road end, it was just the end of a road that didn't connect to another road but we were there.
Next we went south then east, not far to see, another road end. Where are the plants, where are the wildflowers! I like winter I really do, it's cool and fresh, quieter than summer, but sometimes I feel like I can't wait until spring and blooming wildflowers.
Our route for the day
We went south to Holland, then northeast on Chicago Drive to find a part of some bridge Marie had read about on the http://www.historicbridges.org/ website. We were going to find Chicago Drive Buttermilk Creek Bridge, and we did find it. Yep that's it, yawn. After this we went on to seek out our original destination - the mouth of Bass River.
OK this might be another yawn, the mouth of the Bass River where it drains into the Grand River. Everything was iced up so it is hard to see in this picture what is Bass River, or the Grand River, or just a field. But it was a fun walk, we had to cross a rushing stream on logs.Well this is where we crossed, doesn't look like much of a rushing creek. Hm. But the sun was shining. Bass River Rec Area Parking Dried Queen Anne's Lace  |
| Dried Teasel |
Frozen Bass Lake (or Max Lake, I've always called it Bass Lake although Bass River doesn't flow directly into this "lake" which was dug when this area was mined for gravel).
The last two photos are from the van as we drove through the countryside.Maybe two more months, probably three months until we see wildflowers bloom here in Michigan.
