Wells Burt Shipwreck Chicago is famous with its shipwrecks as this was a city that exported a significant amount of grain from the great plaines back to other states out on the eastern coast and overseas for produce. Chicago was considered a hub for importing and exporting steel grains and other goods for the nations people and economy. Boiler wreck of the Silver Spray...
Another early morning start from Chicago as I wake up in a sweltery summer humid morning street lights still on and very few cars on the road to give suspension to anyone driving around at this hour in Chicago. The drive is 70 miles to Milwaukee to meet up with Jerry Geyers Len-Der charter and get on the lake once again before...
Shipwreck of the George Morley I had the day off of work and it was a nice warm June day in Chicago so I wanted to get out on the water and dive the famous george Morley. Shipwreck of the George Morley We went to the harbor in Evenston and asked the lifeguards if we could visit the Shipwreck. Shipwreck...
Sleeping Bear Sand Dunes Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is a United States National Lakeshore located along the northwest coast of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan in Leelanau County and Benzie County. Sleeping Bear Sand Dunes Pyramid Point The park covers a 35-mile (60-km) stretch of Lake Michigan's eastern coastline, as well as North and South Manitou Islands. North and South Manitou Islands...
Shiloh Cave, Indiana Tom Campbell and I set out from Chicago and headed on over to the bloomington area to meet up with Danyele, Sam Frushour, Chris Parks, Quentin and Heather on a amazing trip to Shiloh cave Shiloh Cave, Indiana The cave itself it near a quarry and is on private land so only a small number of groups are allowed to...
I made it down to English Indiana to check out mesmore and Hemlock cliffs which turned out to be a nice day to hike around the bluffs and observe the waterfall that was near the end of the trail. I also hiked around a bit more to check out the old pioneer trails that were used as roads back in the 1800s which...
Dynamite box, Piquette Mine This is a mine located in southwest Wisconsin that was closed back in the 1960's due to flooding. Lead and Zinc was mined at this site but is now completely underwater and is on private property. Entrance of Piquette Mine, Wisconsin The mine is over 100 years old and has a lot of interesting artifacts that were left (adsbygoogle...
