It’s Time to Move South!

We came to Munising/Pictured Rocks KOA on Saturday. They have some nicely spaced, shaded and somewhat private sites.

But we opted for a space right up front, no shade, full hookups and no problem with the TV.

Sunday was going to be the nicest day so we drove to Miners Beach to see some of this lakeshore. Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore is along Lake Superior. It’s been windy and there were some impressive waves. And it was as cold as it looks; the warmest temperature we’ve seen since we got here is about 50.

I zoomed in to catch the waves against the shore. No boat tours that day, and in fact the wind and waves have remained high.

We didn’t spend long on the beach, it was too cold!

We took a trail that said it went to Miners Castle. You could hear the wind in the treetops but it was calmer and warmer walking through the woods.

The trail led along Miners River. The land was sand through here.

The river was carving through the sand, but it must be a slow process. See the horizontal tree? Its roots are still holding to the bank on the right, but two of its branches have grown up into trees themselves!

We did some scrambling up banks with lots of tree roots and came out in an upland woods with a solid understory of maple seedlings.

Eventually we could look through the trees back down to the beach where we started.

This formation is Miners Castle. I tried to position myself so the top of the “castle” was not right against the horizon, but no matter how I twisted I could not get a better image.

There was a nice platform here and I did get some more pictures of the cliffs.

If you can’t get out in a boat I understand this is about the best place to see the cliffs, so I’m glad we came here.

Monday it rained all day. We were very glad we had no shade and good TV as we stayed in the trailer for hours while the cold rain came. Finally in the afternoon we drove just a few miles to Munising Falls. It was only raining lightly and there was a short paved trail.

The falls were pretty and it gave all of us a chance to stretch our legs.

Today was more dry than wet, so even though it was in the low forties we decided to play a round of disc golf.

The course was laid out in a park and along some cross country ski trials.

There were some interesting baskets but there was a lot of walking between the basket and the next tee. We ended up walking just over three miles. I think that’s a record for any course we’ve done.

There were even a few peeks of blue sky and we had a good time. But now it’s raining again and only 44 degrees so I’m ready to head south!