Sunrise on the Big Lake

by May 24, 2015Adventures in the Woods

Sunrise on the Big Lake

I woke up very early on our first full day in Grand Lakes Stream ( I think it was because I knew that we were going to spend the day with Robin) but I snuck out of the cabin and onto the dock to take photos of the sunrise.  I have not doctored any of these photographs and they are in chronological order… it is just that spectacular!

2 Comments

  1. Born in the wrong Century on May 24, 2015 at 8:19 pm

    Erin those are beautiful sunrise pics, nice post.

  2. Bonnie K on May 24, 2015 at 9:01 pm

    Beautiful photos. Thought I'd share with you that I was able to take a nice bear in Canada this week. What a thrill!

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