Shelf Ice

The shelf ice that forms each winter on Lake Michigan is spectacular and transforms Indiana into an Arctic netherworld. All of these photographs were taken at the Indiana Dunes in Beverly Shores while exploring the beach on my fat bike.

Some winters the shelf ice extends for thousands of yards, and icebergs drift aimlessly in the lake. During the winter of 2013-2014 the ice was so expansive due to the polar vortex, that melting took a long time to occur. All spring and summer whenever there was a north wind coming across the lake it felt as if someone had opened the door of a refrigerator.

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The Old Barns

Indiana is home to thousands of barns, many of them old and majestic. Sadly, the architectural magnificence of the old barns is slowing dying. Many of the oldest barns are in terrible disrepair, and every year there is a good storm that takes down one or two of them. All of the pictures below were taken from my bike as I have pedaled through Porter and LaPorte counties in Indiana. Most of these barns are within a 20 mile radius of my house.

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