Indiana Dunes State Park

We took a day trip up to Indiana Dunes National Park (along Lake Michigan) and while I'm not going to talk too much about the trip itself  the pictures are nice so I posted them here.  Basically, we met up with some friends and drove about two hours to walk a seven-mile hike that was not as challenging as anticipated but was pretty. Also it didn't rain when it threatened to and I appreciate that.  All pictures on Flickr.

The trail went pretty much halfway out through the woods and past some lookout points and then back along the beach.

 Didn't see much wildlife, this was about it.

 OK, I lied, this wildlife is pretty frightening.

 Did see some wildflowers.

 Clouds were really dark and heavy but it did not rain.

 If you look closely at this set of shots you can see Chicago on the horizon, might need to look at the original here.

At one point the trail in the woods was deep white sand for a couple hundred feet, which was kind of surreal in the arboreal surroundings.

Overall a nice day trip, especially as we haven't had time to explore much of anything Indiana has to offer before.  As previously mentioned, the rest of the pictures are posted on Flickr.