It's a long walk.....

There is a place on the Lake Michigan shoreline, in the Northwestern part of the lower Mitten State, called The Sleeping Bear Sand Dunes.

It's a very large pile of sand.  Very large.  As I recall from my last trip there, going up the dune is like climbing a mountain; it's a sharply vertical trip. 

Coming down is easier.  And faster.  And occasionally painful. 

But the view from the top, when the sun is shining and the sky is blue, is breathtaking.

But there is always a caveat.  Lake Michigan is a very large lake.  It is quite a bit like a small sea, actually.  And from the top of a sand dune, it looks inviting.  "Come on down, and take a dip!" it seems to say.

Like a siren's song.

But don't you listen.  That lake is TEN MILES AWAY.

Through BEAR COUNTRY.

And yes, there is a life lesson there.

But the thing with that particular lesson is, it's a tough one to learn, but the view is still breathtaking.

So.

There's that.