After yesterday’s overcast drive up to Houghton, John was not eager to take another long drive. But I had a pretty good idea that he would really like today’s adventure, so I coaxed him into the car and we started the long drive to Munising. Not long after we passed Marquette, we stopped along the way to admire some of the lovely Lake Superior beaches.
Our destination was Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. I had arranged a cruise to look at the rock formations. It was a beautiful day for a boat ride. We were sitting next to a Korean family, and the the youngest of the group, who was not all that young, offered to take a picture of me and John.
Picture Rocks Lakeshore comprises 42 miles of shoreline along Lake Superior between Musining and Grand Marais. The name of the area comes from 13 of those 42 miles where the erodes sandstone cliffs are brightly discolored by mineral deposits and leaching groundwater.
Erosion has also caved many of the cliffs into odd shaped figures. The guides have names for all of them.
At one point the captain brought the boat into a cove so we could get a close up of the rocks.
At the cruise, we had good dinner in Marquette at Cajun restaurant.
Tomorrow, we’ll start on our overnight trip to Mackinac Island.
Traveling Johns 