Bonsai Sojourn

 

Another sojourn to Lake Erie, this time by way of the Bonsai garden and greenhouse. My first stop was on the River Raisin near the Old Mill house that is now a museum.

The Old Mill on River Raisin. June 28, 2022. 

The Bonsai greenhouse on the way to Lake Erie. 

I did in fact pet the coy fish. They are kind of like dogs. 

Coy fish in the greenhouse.

And then, the sea.

I have arrived at my destination.

Lake Erie as seen from my front row tree root seat.

Lake Erie with the Davis Besse in the distance.

Overall it was a warm sunny day with a very nice breeze. Once again I am glad I took the time to punch out of the city paradigm and visit the shore.

© Dawn Nelson 2022, All Rights Reserved.

River Raisin at the Old Mill Museum

The River Raisin winds through an old historic downtown area called Dundee, Michigan before eventually letting out into Lake Erie several miles downriver. These photos are a snapshot of a river park near the Old Mill Museum. Such a beautiful little sanctuary in the heart of the downtown. 

Old Mill Museum along the River Raisin in historic downtown Dundee, MI 

A river park along River Raisin in historic downtown Dundee

River Raisin in historic downtown Dundee, Michigan

An impromptu visit: River Raisin

Fortune smiled upon me Thursday and lead me on an impromptu adventure near the River Raisin gauge site I had been hoping to check out soon. I found the site, located on the north bank in a spot difficult to stop and photograph, so I instead gathered some pictures from the county park a half mile or so upstream. Again, the water about to be logged!

I also brought my new anemometer along this time, which I set to read out in knots and Celsius because... why not? So I jotted in my notebook the local air temperature at 21 degrees Celsius and variable winds from the northeast at 2 knots. This is particularly indulgent for a data collector who was so pleased to find USGS records eight different data parameters at the gauge site (#04176500). For now, here are the two graphs showing flow and river height. Note that these graphs show the influx of water from the rain the evening of March 25-26. The pictures are from shortly before the rain.