Note: I had to split today into two parts. Please read part I first.
So the ferry back wasn't anywhere near as choppy as we'd feared. The waves were perpendicular to the boat so that helped a lot.
Finally we made our way across the Mackinaw Bridge -- the second longest suspension bridge!
Our first stop was right on the other side of the bridge in St. Ignace.
No, not him ... but how cute is that?
Bridge View Park is one of the best places to see the bridge. Can you believe how dark those skies are compared to the ones from the first picture? Lucky for us, we'd leave those storm clouds behind ...
They say the Upper Peninsula is a couple of weeks ahead when it comes to fall foilage. We'd have to agree!
Lake Anne Louise ... a random lake next to the highway. Beautiful colors no?
Right on down to another unplanned stop. It's almost a three hour drive so it's nice to break it up every once in a while.
Seney National Wildlife Refuge. I like how they recycle their old signs! The visitor center was closed so we just walked around and took a few pictures.
It's mostly wetlands apparently.
Some kind of squirrel. It's smaller and the coat is more of a reddish brown ... cute little guy!
Munising is known for it's many waterfalls. We decided to try and see some of them before the light ran out. Here's Alger Falls:
Tried to find Wagner Falls, but no luck tonight. We'll try again tomorrow.
Pedestrians, bicyclists, snowmobiles ... anything else?
Next up Tannery Falls ... except it's not Tannery Falls. This is Tannery Creek going over the MNA Memorial Falls. Maybe we'll find the other one tomorrow. If we have time we might go back to this one to take pictures with better light.
The path to the falls is a little precarious. You have to walk across the top of the falls over a narrow wooden bridge without rails. You can't really tell from the picture but it's a 30 foot drop!
And of course as seen from down below:
Our final stop for tonight is part of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore; Munising Falls.
From a different angle
Then a quick stop across the street ... time to check out Lake Superior! The bank was a bit steep, but definitely worth the view.
Not nearly as cold as I'd feared! I went back up and got the camera for a picture of the sunset over the water.
At this point we were both famished so we stopped at the first restaurant we saw. The sign really says it all:
Strangely enough there was live bat flying around inside the restaurant. Kids were squealing, old ladies ducking out of the way, waiters running around with buckets trying to catch it ... it was quite the scene! To top it all off I overheard one of the waiters say "I don't know why that keeps happening."
Great place though. As the menu states "the grub is sompin' speshul!" ... and so is the menu obviously! A hillbilly dictionary would've come in handy because we couldn't even figure out what some of the dishes were.
Total miles for today: 140
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1 comments:
The picture through the waterfall!!! whoow.
Was that you in Lake Superior again? Did we raise a mermaid? Remember when you where 5 or 6 years old you always told everybody you could swim. You where absolutey sure you could!!! So once when Robert was swimming you said I'm coming too and Robert said oke and you jumped right in! He had to rescue you! But it didn,t alter your love for water. We were very relieved when you learned to swim.
Time to go to work, love for both of you (also from Robert),
Joeve
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