Painted Rocks National Lakeshore, Munising, MI

While we were in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, we stayed in Munising, right on the shoreline of Lake Superior. While there, we took a boatride along the Painted Rocks National Lakeshore. The Captain of our boat explained the coloring of the rocks made by different deposits of copper and other ores and minerals. It gave me an opportunity to take about a zillion pictures but I have tried to pick out a few that would give you a taste of what we experienced.



Can you see the profile of an Indian Face?





This is a very old lighthouse, not in use since the early 1900's. It looks like an old school house or church.
A lovely sunset over Lake Superior and the end of our boat ride. But it is time, my posterior has fallen asleep. (the seats on this craft are not very well padded---even though I am, the seats are still rock hard)
The Happy Travelers go into Wisconsin next so more later.....

Tahquamenon Falls

We had to go over the Mackinaw Bridge to get to the Upper Peninsula on our way to the Falls. This bridge is 5 miles long and on Labor Day, there is a special event where folks can walk across the bridge.
We stopped at a Scenic Wayside on Lake Superior and enjoyed watching the kids chase the birds around the sandbars. The water is so blue and it was such a beautiful day.

These are pictures of the Upper Falls. The water is so rusty looking because of the tanic acid from the trees decomposing. It is said not to harm the fish, just looks awful to me.



About 4 miles from the Upper Falls, are the Lower Falls.


On our return trip, we stopped in St. Ignace at the Mackinaw Grill and had lunch on the deck overlooking the water. The breeze was blowing, the seagulfs dipping and diving, boats coming and going....lovely.
More later from your Happy Travelers.

Mackinac Island,MI

The Happy Travelers made several friends, this guy was pretty silent.
New friends, Julian and Joann from Broadway, Virginia....also very good sports to pose with the Big Black Bear.
Beth and Babe, our transportation for the first half of our trip.




Beach scenes from the upper portion of the island.


The rock arch...great picture location.
These are a couple of quick shots of the Grand Hotel, an outstanding resort, very exclusive....$400+ a night, each room decorated differently. They actually charge $10 to take a look in their lobby. Following these 2 pictures are shots taken along our horse draw carriage ride. Beautiful....Beautiful...









This was an amazingly wonderful day shared with new friends. More from your extremely Happy Travelers later.

Petoskey, MI

We stopped in at the Welcome Center in Mackinaw City and this lovely lady was so kind to spend a good bit of time with us. We left with an armhold of informational booklets and a suggestion to drive down to Petoskey, a beautiful town on the water with a great grocery store, Meijer.

These are a couple of shots from Sturgeon Bay...a very rough drive that went by the water and gave you a view of the water in several places.

We drove down to Petoskey, a beautiful town on a Bay. As we were leaving the city, I saw a block of historical treasures....beautifully restored Victorian homes...unbelievable but no where to stop. Thus no pictures. We did stop at the city park and the following pictures are views of the bay, the ships docked, and the views of the mountains in the distance. Also some beautiful flowers. Actually a lovely park.






Couldn't help but think about my grandchildren. This is a playground with a view. Just lovely.
Tomorrow it is supposed to rain again so it will be Monday before we get to Mackinac Island. More later from the Happy Travelers...a little sloggy but still smiling.