Prickett Dam: Part THREE of three...

This is Part Three of a three-part series of pictures I took at drained Prickett Dam, near Baraga, Michigan in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

We arrived there, in anticipation of taking some autumn photos of the "lake" with colored trees surrounding it, and to my delight, the dam was drained (for repairs) and had hundreds of old tree stumps and tangled roots to photograph. I took over a hundred photos, but have only bored you :-} with three blogposts full of them.

So today, enjoy the final in the series of photos I took at the drained dam!:

I loved how the bottom of this tree root swirled round and round into the bottom of the dam's floor:

And this pair. Stuck next to each other under the water for eternity:

This section of the dam still had a little water left in it, but you can see far in the landscape that there were many, many tree stumps in it:

This must have been a majestic tree before it was cut down. It's roots reminds me of snakes going into the water:

I decided this was one of my favorite tree roots. The size and entanglements were amazing!:

Loved the color in the background and the starkness of the dam:







The cat-tails were alive and green in this barren environment:

Tipping over in desolation:

Roots reaching out for life:

I hope you enjoyed this three-part series as much as I enjoyed discovering this place and sharing it with all of you.

The neat thing about hiking or taking a ride in the woods is that you never know what wildlife or treasures you might find to photograph.

Not only do you find peace and tranquility and a way to become close again with nature, but you can find things that many others never get to see.

I hope my experiences that I share with you enriches your day as much as it does ours when we go out there...