1,000 Mile Walk on the Beach by Loreen Niewenhuis

Interesting read ~ a 50 year old mom walks around Lake Michigsn.  Loved the familiar places she mentions.  I could see the beach as she described it - on beautiful summer days, and on rough, windy weather days.  What she most clearly brought out -that frankly was surprising to me - was the many ways and places along the lakeshore that have been ruined by toxic waste.  From the foreign fish being brought into the fresh water & eating the natural fish to the dumping from paper mills and steel factories since the late 1800's; all of our "lack of care" has destroyed the original ecosystem.  Many areas along the shoreline cannot be used for recreation because of this.  So sad.