David finished up work early, so we took the opportunity to do a bit more exploring. We had checked out one of the places the Ranger said was good for sunsets on Monday and found there was a half mile walk to the beach from the parking area and a narrow strip of beach on the lake shore. The road along the beach area had no parking and was overlooked by multi-million dollar homes. So I assume they did not want the riffraff parking below their beautiful homes to access the beach. So we drove over to the other area recommended by the ranger and found a very small beach (maybe 200 yards) with a jetty, surrounded on one side by a big industrial complex and the other side by palatial home that went all the way to the water edge. But we walked out on to the jetty and got a good view of the Chicago Skyline across the lake. Not very inviting area. Having tried Ohio wines, we decided to try one of the wineries here in Indiana. We ended up at Running Vines Winery in Chesterton. We were pleasantly surprised by the wines! But they import almost all their grapes from Chile or California. The only grapes grown in Indiana are down around Bloomington and tend to be on the sweet side. But we enjoyed the tasting and walked out with half a case of wine! The waitress was very helpful and gave us some suggestions for restaurants and places to go see the sunset in the area.
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