Summer of 18-#22-Grand Haven Lighthouse & Tri-Cities Museum, Grand Haven, Michigan

Tuesday July 10th, 2018

We have a lot of lighthouses to pack in this week and so we went out for the second day running!!!  Shock, horror, shock!!!

Grand Haven Lighthouse was our lighthouse today. It's located in Grand Haven State Park and we used our Michigan State Pass to get in to park.

They were working on the pier and had the rear of it fenced off. This picture shows the South Pierhead Inner Light in the front, with the Outer Light behind it, and the cranes being used in the maintenance work on the pier.

Warning signs.

It was quite a sight.  There were a lot of people around as well.  Thank goodness it wasn't the weekend.  One of the things we enjoy about retirement is being able to sightsee during the week. 😀

The tower is closed to the public.  

We walked up to the fence that you see in the picture above and took the next three pictures through it.  You can see where they are working.

The Outer Light at the end.

This is where the Grand River, which is Michigan's longest river at 252 miles, meets Lake Michigan.  This is the river that flows through Lowell and Ionia, where our last campground was.

Harbor Light on other side of river

Looking back at Grand Haven State Park campground.  It's right on the beach but not our type of campground, too crowded.  Now, if the grandchildren were with us, we might consider it!!!!

Houses on the opposite bank of the river, with a view of Lake Michigan.

The river walk to town.

Wildflower just growing amongst the sand and rocks.

We didn't look around the rest of the park as we had a museum we wanted to go and look at.

First we went to the Visitor Center to get a stamp for our lighthouse passport.  We didn't realize it, but the Tri-Cities Historical Museum was on the road behind it.  Anyway, we got in the car and drove around the block twice before we found it!!!  It would have been quicker to walk. 😂

The museum has a good history of the region.

There were re-creations of a shop 

and rooms in a victorian home.

On the second floor there was a WWI exhibit

and an exhibit featuring the coastguards and lighthouse keepers.

4th Order Fresnal Lens from Grand Haven LH

This was an amazing handmade quilt.

and an old fashioned soda fountain.

There was a children's section, so I reverted to my childlike person.  Not hard for me to do!!

This was the street we parked on and where the museum was located.

Not sure what this was, but an interesting building.

That's it for today.  See you next time!!