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Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Trip Around Lake Superior

We left Jackson on Sunday to begin our trip around Lake Superior with Roger's sister, Marion & Dave and his brother, Bill & AnnaLee. It's nice to have traveling companions!  We stayed in Hartwick Pines State Park on Sunday night and then crossed the Mackinaw Bridge into the Upper Peninsula on Monday. Roger & I went for an early morning bike ride before we left on Monday. We are camping in a beautiful site right on the shore of Lake Superior in Munising now. It was 90 degrees yesterday - very unusual for the UP this time of year - Roger & I went swimming - well we waded out past our waists! The beach is sandy and the water is crystal clear.
Tuesday - We took the boat cruise along the Pictured Rocks National Seashore today - it is beautiful! Colored rock formations interspersed with pristine sandy beaches along Lake Superior's southern coastline. Lake Superior is bigger, deeper and cleaner than any of the other Great Lakes. The sandy beaches give the water an emarld green color - reminds us of Lake Tahoe.
Trivia question - can you name all 5 of the Great Lakes???
Huron, Erie, Ontario, Superior and Michigan
Sept 1 - It rained all night and early this morning. We left Munising and headed north in the downpour but it cleared and was a beautiful drive to Ashland, Wisconsin. We saw the first of many waterfalls along the way when we stopped for lunch. We are camped along the shores of the lake again. We had some excitement when we pulled off the road to wait for the others to gas up and caught a low hanging wire on the top of the motorhome! Got our attention real quick! Roger pushed it up with the extended pole he uses to wash the motorhome with while I pulled forward - no serious damage - thank goodness!


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