We left early Sunday morning for Leelanau County and the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. We discovered the Cottonwood Trail along the Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive a few weeks ago but did not have time to take the full hike. The trail overlooks both Lake Michigan and Glen Lake and has a lot of scrub trees growing along the hard pack trail---though there is also a lot of deep dune sand in places. Yours truly on the hard pack trail; John looking over Glen Lake and an hour later eating at a picnic area also along the scenic drive. Below John is reading the Sunday paper and snacking in a camp chair beside a flower garden park in Frankfurt.
