Water, Water, Water

Here's a photo taken by my husband, Tom, at Glacier National Park in Montana.

I'm a five generation Michigander. My family has spent more than 150 years living next to Lake Michigan and I don't think I could ever move away from the lake. I love water and often the traveling we do takes us to lakes or rivers.

I also have a healthy respect for water. Each year dozens of people drown in the Great Lakes, many of them right here in Lake Michigan. Earlier in the summer several people died in a river at Yosemite.

I love water, I'm drawn to water - but caution is best. We're only human and humans do best when they don't push their luck too much with this particular natural element.