Tuesday we went to Tahquamenon Falls in the U.P. where the roads are rural and forested without much traffic. The falls are on the river of the same name, and the river empties into Lake Superior. Attached are pictures of the falls and us at the falls. They are very brown in color because of all the tannin in the river from decaying organic matter. The falls are in a 1500 acre old-growth forest with lots of species of trees… American beech, sugar maples, eastern hemlock and yellow birch. Very pretty place and unique in Michigan where there aren’t a lot of big falls.
Then we moved on to Mackinac Island, one of our favorite places. We parked the car in Mackinaw City and went over on the high speed ferry. The weather was miserable (high winds and big waves with pelting rain) so we did not enjoy this visit as much as we have in the past. But we stayed in a nice old hotel with a great view of the harbor and had a good dinner in town, so all was not lost. Attached is a street scene from Mackinac Island where it was far less crowded than usual because it is late in the season and the weather is nasty.
We are now back in Frankfort and getting ready to close up the boat for the season. The beach here is quite a mess because the continued high winds from the west have moved so much sand onto the streets and walkways. Apparently the city got their front end loaders out today to begin the process of moving the big piles back to the beach. The gales of November have come in September this year. We are really pleased we don’t have to drive the boat across Lake Michigan to Sturgeon Bay, WI for storage this year. We might be forever waiting for the 8-12 seas to lay down.
All in all, our road trip was fun despite the weather. Fall is here for sure.
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