Kendall currently lives on the shores of Lake Texoma in Texas. She traveled across two-thirds the U.S. for many years camping at lakes, rivers, and three oceans before motels and hotels if at all possible. Writing for LakeHub allows her to share lake life in real life time! https://kdavis1836.wixsite.com/luminiwrites

Lake Erie

Why the Great Lake Erie is Great

Glaciers and the rivers they melted into carved out Lake Erie from our earth’s crust between the period of one million and 12,600 years ago. To put it in perspective, and give or take a few years, it took 987,400 years to create Lake Erie and the other Great Lakes.    The Iroquois Confederacy inhabited…

Lake Maggiore

Lake Maggiore: La Dolce Vita

No matter where you visit at Lago Maggiore in Europe, you will find vibrantly colored landscapes and charming villages painted with chroma. The ancient Romans called Lake Maggiore “Maximus”, meaning “The Greatest”. Maggiore is Italian for “Greater”. Lake Maggiore is Italy’s second largest lake.  Bronze and Iron Age peoples inhabited Lake Maggiore. The Romans began…

Lake Michigan

Pure Lake Michigan Greatness

Lake Michigan is the largest lake in the world wholly inside one country and its shores touch four states, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin. The name Michigan stems from the Ojibwa Indian word “mishigami”, which means “great water.” The U.S. shares the other four Great Lakes with Canada. The Straits of Mackinac, a 4 to…

Lake Natron

Does Lake Natron Still Exist?

Tanzania, Africa, sits on the south side of the Equator. Lake Natron is on Tanzania’s northern border, with a tiny part of it in Kenya. This area in Tanzania is its Northern Safari Circuit. Tanzania is known worldwide for its safaris with luxury tents in vast Tanzanian National Parks, and especially the Serengeti.  Yes, Lake…

Ross Lake

Washington State’s Sunkissed Ross Lake

Upon first sight of Ross Lake, many visitors had not believed the sun-kissed, vivid colors of its waters in its pictures were real. Seattle City Light operates Skagit Dam, which impounds the surreal Ross Lake. Ross Lake narrowly winds south to north on the Skagit River with a part of it in Canada in the Ross…

Mirror Lake

The Mirror Lakes of the USA

Over fourteen (14) U.S. lakes use the name Mirror Lake. Theoretically, Mirror Lakes perfectly mirror their surrounding landscapes on top of their still waters and give off an illusion of infinite depth. Weather plays a role in glass-like, still waters. Even a slight breeze can disrupt a lake’s reflections. Mirror Lake, Yosemite, California Tenaya Creek…

Lake Oneida

The Heart of New York State: Oneida Lake

The largest lake within the borders of New York State (NYS), Oneida Lake, lies less than 30 minutes northeast of Syracuse, New York. Syracuse, a frontier town, grew up around the building of the Erie Canal, but Oneida Lake is a natural glacial remnant lake. The Oneida Indians named Oneida Lake “Tsioqui”, which means “white…