"Animals that beg" at the Indiana Dunes St. Park....

I couldn't think of a title.....obviously :-)  

We stopped at the Indiana Dunes on the way to Michigan.  It wasn't exactly what I was expecting.  Mostly it was just a big beach with a lot of people, and some high dunes behind it covered in vegetation that don't look like what I thought the dunes would look like.  Will put in a couple shots at the end of this post.  We did not climb any of them....too hard on my bad knee.

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These two raccoons were at the nature center in the park.  We were watching birds at the feeders when these two came strolling out of the woods to see if there was any food for them!  I thought they were very brazen!

"I don't see any food over there."

 "Maybe there is something under here."

 "Hey, stupid...the food is up here!"

Then later as we picnicked by the beach, a gull decided to watch us and wait for crumbs.

 "Don't mind me.  I'll just wait here until you are finished."

 A few gulls that a little girl was feeding.

 "Would you hurry up!  I'm getting tired of waiting!"

 He had to keep chasing away the other gulls.  Apparently our table was "his" territory.

 Watching the waves.

 "Sigh....I'm still waiting!"

I did make sure I left a few crumbs under the table when we left and he moved right in to claim them.  I was surprised that he was as "polite" as he was and didn't attack us for food while we ate!

 Lake Michigan.  This beach was less crowded.

 The dunes.

 These two photos are of a dune called Mt. Baldy.  You can get an idea of how high it is seeing it from the parking lot.  I think it was about 180+ feet tall.