This is the 10th year of a pilgrimage to Oval Beach in Saugatuck, Michigan to visit the site where my late wife’s ashes are spread.

As those of you who follow these posts know, September 13 is our anniversary and I’ve been going there yearly to visit and photograph the sunset.

This year I managed to capture a few good sunset photos and also took some portrait shots of some of the local residents and visitors to this charming lakeside city. Interestingly, I was recognized by a few people on the beach and also got to re-connect with and take photographs of some fellow photographers… people I see all too rarely.

One takeaway is the dune erosion has carried the area where her ashes were originally spread far towards the lake itself… time and people move on.

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