After all these years living in the U.P. (22 now, I believe), we've never taken the boat tour of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in Munising, Michigan. It's only 2.5 hours from our home in Houghton - we drive through there all the time on the way east and south, but never stopped for the tour. Thank goodness for visiting family. Eric, Tatiana, and Griffin were up and suggested the boat tour as we made our way to Grand Marais for the triathlon there. Brilliant!
It was a cool grey day, but the rain held off as we boarded the boat of late summer tourists. The rocky bluffs are full of eroded nooks and arches, and stained with tans and blacks and oranges and reds dissolved from the groundwater and deposited on the stone. The captain kept up an entertaining narrative about the natural history of the rocks, then a park ranger gave a history of the rocks, lake, and shipwrecks, culminating with a loopy reading of "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald".
It was fun finally seeing this scenic wonder in our own backyard with family. Griffin like it (as evidenced by the picture below) - mostly the running back and forth on the boat part.
After all these years living in the U.P. (22 now, I believe), we've never taken the boat tour of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in Munising, Michigan. It's only 2.5 hours from our home in Houghton - we drive through there all the time on the way east and south, but never stopped for the tour. Thank goodness for visiting family. Eric, Tatiana, and Griffin were up and suggested the boat tour as we made our way to Grand Marais for the triathlon there. Brilliant!
It was a cool grey day, but the rain held off as we boarded the boat of late summer tourists. The rocky bluffs are full of eroded nooks and arches, and stained with tans and blacks and oranges and reds dissolved from the groundwater and deposited on the stone. The captain kept up an entertaining narrative about the natural history of the rocks, then a park ranger gave a history of the rocks, lake, and shipwrecks, culminating with a loopy reading of "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald". 
It was fun finally seeing this scenic wonder in our own backyard with family. Griffin like it (as evidenced by the picture below) - mostly the running back and forth on the boat part.
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