News Photo by Julie Riddle Toes and limbs splashed by rambunctious waves, Hannah, Hailey, and Eleanor Stauffer, and their mother, Jessica, ambled near the water’s edge on Wednesday morning at Thomson Park in Alpena to escape a warm house and catch a little sunshine before the predicted afternoon rain. Hurricane Cristobal, which dampened Midwestern states 2,000 miles north of where it formed in the Gulf of Mexico, brought gray skies and the threat of stormy weather to Northeast Michigan on Wednesday after a morning of wild action on Lake Huron.

News Photo by Julie Riddle

Toes and limbs splashed by rambunctious waves, Hannah, Hailey, and Eleanor Stauffer, and their mother, Jessica, ambled near the water’s edge on Wednesday morning at Thomson Park in Alpena to escape a warm house and catch a little sunshine before the predicted afternoon rain. Hurricane Cristobal, which dampened Midwestern states 2,000 miles north of where it formed in the Gulf of Mexico, brought gray skies and the threat of stormy weather to Northeast Michigan on Wednesday after a morning of wild action on Lake Huron.