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The beach that Season and I visited is located near the Cook Nuclear Plant. Before Sept. 11, the plant was open to the public and even had some magnificent dune trails. In order to visit the facility now, you have to tag along with a school tour. The plant is important to our local economy. After the attacks, the some locals reacted very strongly to rumors that Cook was going to be closed down. Luckily, it was no more than a rumor.


While walking through the sand, I noticed an odd sound. I wish that I could post a video of it, but I don't know how to do it. And even if I did, my 56k connection would test my patience. If you can imagine a combination of denim rubbing together and seal calls, that's what it sounds like. Season said that it was singing sand and that this area is one of the few places in the world that has it. "The More You Know." I'm not sure about that, but I've never noticed it when I when I swam at Lions Beach which was located a few miles north.

This was Al Capone's* house. Sorry for the bad quality but it was taken in twilight and through a windshield. I knew that Capone had been a visitor to our area of Michigan, but I didn't know he actually owned property. Season told me that there are underground tunnels linking this house to the guest house where his bodyguards stayed.





*At the time of this posting the Wikipedia article for Al Capone has been messed with. The information there was not reliable and still may not be.