The Wonder of Port Oneida

Port Oneida Rural Historical District, in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, always creates a sense of wonderment in me; wonderment about the lives that were led here years ago and about the natural rhythms that occur there today.  It’s not every location that you can find so much in front of your eyes with the smallest of efforts.  I was headed out to the Port Oneida beach to take photos of a friend’s child and spotted sandhill cranes in one of the fields along the way.  I had never had the opportunity to see these creatures before, so was…how should I describe it?…as giddy as a school girl to see them, and even giddier to realize those brown spots in the tall grass were two baby chicks. What a reminder to look around and enjoy the little pieces of wonder all around us.