The lake has been doing a little redecorating, shifting the sand around, uncovering lost worlds. I thought this looked exactly like the remains of a Roman road. Or perhaps Erickson Road, which was not built so well as a Roman road.
It’s really bluegreen Ellsworth shale, layered, splitting, extending deep beneath the beach and far out under the Bay. The lake must like the color, too. It’s been sweeping the shale clean by the circle access.
This is what the lake did with the sand. Nice, isn’t it? I’m almost ready to kick off my shoes, peel off my wool socks, and go for a little wade. Almost.
Posted in: Adventures outdoors
Torch Lake Views 
flandrumhill
March 17, 2010
I agree: that rippled sand looks tempting. It also looks great in your header image. It whispers of summer. Could it be still a season and then some away?
Ah those Romans… what a clever, disciplined bunch they were. I wouldn’t be surprised if the Appian Way extended all the way to Michigan.
Gerry
March 17, 2010
Yes! Under the sea, along the same landbridge that brought Namibian gold to Nove Scotia! Clever indeed.
Cindy Lou
March 18, 2010
Love the pictures today, Gerry…the shale road is wondermous in its shades of bluey-grey and the beach is calling my name! Don’t you just love spring?!?!
Gerry
March 18, 2010
I love many things about spring. However, this morning I woke up with every one of my sinuses plump and achy, so the season is not unmixed delight for me. Perhaps I need to go for a brisk walk. Or a brisk swim. Or go back to bed.
Beth Toner
March 18, 2010
Kicking off my shoes and putting my toes in… I have to say, NOT a temptation. I wore flip-flops to work today…. but am paying the price.
Wesley (my oldest) once said about Lake Michigan: “It’s so cold it gives my toes a headache.” I’m sure that would apply about now.
Gerry
March 18, 2010
Wesley is a poet. Wait until you see the post that will go up later today.
katherine
March 18, 2010
Gerry, You are becoming quite the photographer!
My dog wades and although it does look tempting, I’m sure it would give you an ice cream headache. like you’ve never felt! Of course I really don’t understand polar bear clubs unless the point is to give yourself heart failure!
Gerry
March 18, 2010
I’m trying to keep up with my betters. I am reminded of a dozen years ago, when my beloved boon companion Jake, a small black and white hound of uncertain parentage, would go gallivanting through the woods with my granddog Fred (a LARGE black lab), my neighbor’s golden retrievers (there are always golden retrievers about in Eden Shores) and my ‘nother neighbor’s standard poodle. They’d race up the drumlins, Jake’s little legs scrabbling like mad as he got farther and farther behind. Then the big dogs would turn and fly down the drumlins, bowling over little Jake as they passed. He’d roll to the bottom of the slope and keep running, having the time of his life.
Wait until you see what Andrea Romeyn sent me.
Anna Surface
March 18, 2010
These are wonderful captures! Indeed, it does look like uncovered lost worlds. I really like the shale and rocks and the shapes in the lake sand. Nature with its own earthy beauty. 🙂
Gerry
March 18, 2010
Thank you, Anna. I confess I am a slightly obsessed with the shores of Grand Traverse Bay. Mama Nature really dresses up sometimes, doesn’t she!