Seaquist Dock & Ephraim, September 2026

An evening on the peninsula: bumblebees working the goldenrod at Seaquist Dock, then a family fishing and a fiery sunset at Anderson Dock in Ephraim.

A Saturday evening in late September. I started at Seaquist Dock, where the goldenrod was full of bumblebees working the last blooms of the season. From there I drove to Anderson Dock in Ephraim, just in time to watch a family fishing off the pier as the sky turned pink, then a dramatic red and orange sunset over the bluff.

A bumblebee reaching into golden goldenrod blooms in late-day light
A bumblebee foraging among goldenrod flowers, wings blurred in motion
A bumblebee clinging to a leaf beside a cluster of goldenrod blooms
A backlit bumblebee working its way across a spray of goldenrod
A bumblebee gathering pollen from bright yellow goldenrod flowers
A bumblebee tucked into a goldenrod bloom in the evening sun
A bumblebee pausing on a goldenrod leaf, its fuzzy body catching the light
A bumblebee seen from behind, wings spread, on a goldenrod stem
A bumblebee nestled among goldenrod blossoms and green leaves
A visitor adding her name to the covered boathouse wall at Anderson Dock, its siding covered in signatures
Three generations fishing off the pier at Anderson Dock as the sky begins to turn pink at sunset
A boy watching as a fish is reeled toward the dock at Anderson Dock, Ephraim
A grandfather holding up a freshly caught fish while a boy and his father look on at Anderson Dock
A boy and his father looking on as a grandfather shows off the fish he caught at Anderson Dock
A fiery orange and red sunset over the wooded bluff at Ephraim, reflected in calm water
The sunset deepening to red over the bluff at Ephraim, with a lone piling in the water
A band of orange light fading behind the bluff at Ephraim beneath streaked clouds
The final glow of sunset over the bluff at Ephraim, its color mirrored in the still water