On This Date: Photo taken 3/18/2014.
On the Grand Ledge Blue Star Memorial Byway marker. A few months later I got a better photo of the rock, but the marker’s more readable here. And the other photo lacks the decorative rodent.
The marker’s on the edge of a parking lot that serves Island Park (aka Second Island), the Masonic Temple, and the local Pony League ballpark [Fitzgerald Field]. It’s a small lot, but it’s rare for two of the facilities to be in heavy use at once; besides, the city’s big downtown lot is just a couple hundred yards away.
The marker’s also on the Grand Ledge Riverwalk, which I heartily recommend.
Island Park’s one of the places I go when I can’t find a photo and want to get away from the house. There’s always something–ducks, fishermen, the moving water, the changing seasons….
Number of pix taken on various March 18ths: 162
Year of oldest photo: 2003
How I Rated the Date’s Photographs:
- 1 Star: 3
- 2 Stars: 45
- 3 Stars: 95
- 4 Stars: 16
- 5 Stars: 2