The 16th Annual Great Lakes Lighthouse Festival is now a sweet, and tiring, memory. It was held in Alpena, Michigan from October 6-9. The main event was held at the APlex in Alpena and there were artistisans, authors, a homemade sausage vendor, entertainers such as Carl Bearinger who sang about the Great Lakes and the wonderful lighthouses, there were satellite events at all the Lighthouses found in Northern Michigan from Mackinac to Tawas to Presque Isle. The weather was absolutely beautiful with temperatures varying from 70 to 89! There were also dinners and auctions.
Aside from being a vendor/exhibitor, I was also the photographer for the festival and did lots and lots of running around taking photos of the events, people and the exhibitors/vendors. It was quite the show. Over the 4-days, I sold lots of my photographs and almost all of my first published book! I didn't do too badly considering that I was not at my booth the entire time, so I can well imagine how well I might have done had I been there manning my station.
If you ever get a chance to come to Alpena, Michigan, please, do stop to see the Lighthouse Festival and/or become a vendor/exhibitor. Considering the state of the economy, we did draw quite the crowd and, for the most part, people were buying!
Now all I have to do is get ready for next year and, hopefully, I'll even have my second book published by that time. Just had to share a wonderful 4-days that I thought were well spent, although exhausting.
