Fall Break: Part 3

 Our small cabin was found by Indian Lake near Manistique, MI.  We spent the rest of the week there taking daily excursion to discover the U.P.

The first morning the  three youngest and I built a fort in the woods behind our cabin.  The rest of the week it was too wet and cold to really play in it, but it was fun making it.

Indian Lake

Just minutes away from our cabin in Palms Book State Park was Kitch-iti-kipi Springs.  This springs puts out 10,000 gallons a minute of 45 degree water gush up and fill a crystal clear lake.  It is about 200 feet across and 40 feet deep.  The depth is deceiving because of how clear it is.  The fist and reflection of trees were fun to watch.  The park has a glass bottom boat that you can take out across the Springs.

The reflection of the shoreline and trees was beautiful.

These pictures and video show where the water is coming out of the ground.  It was so interesting how the ground looked like it was undulating as the sand moved around.  40 feet down but so clear.  

After we visited Kitch-iti-kipi we visited the town of Manistique where we got some groceries, saw the Manistique Lighthouse, and walked along a very choppy Lake Michigan.

Fall Break: Part 4

 We spent Thursday discovering the east side of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.  It was chilly, but the rain held off until we were in the car every time.

 

Kyle braved the wild waves and touched Lake Superior for the first time.

Sable Falls

There were a lot of stairs to get to the waterfalls, and then even more to get down to the water, but it was a beautiful hike.

We then stopped at a few overlooks for Lake Superior and a short hike to see Grand Sable Dunes.  We had an enjoyable afternoon.

Fall Break: Part 5

 Waterfalls was the theme of our Friday excursions.  We headed to Munising area and saw 5 waterfalls.

Our first stop was at Miner's Outlook.  There we found a Hawaii license plate.  We found 34 of the states which was surprising for how remote the places we went were.

The first waterfall we stopped by was Munising Falls.  It was a beautiful short hike in gorgeous fall colors topped by a beautiful waterfall.  

Tannery Falls was the next falls we tried to see.  The trail was very muddy, so we did not hike down to the falls but tried to see what we could.

Alger Falls was next.  This falls is literally on the side of the road.  There was a little trail to get closer, but we saw a woman slipping and sliding around in the mud and decided a picture from the parking lot would be fine.

Wagner Falls was another nice short hike to another nice waterfalls.  The kids were wondering if we were going to see anything else. 

Our next stop was the beach.  The kids had fun racing the waves, and finding 

On our way back to the cabin we stopped at one more waterfalls, Au Train Falls.  This falls was very interesting as it was wide and terraced.  The 2nd photo was of a weeping rock wall on the hike to the falls.